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WAKKKIELD SOUVENIR 



OF 



THE CELEBRATION 



OF THE 



250 



ANNIVERSARY 

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OF 



ANCIENT READING, 



n^ WAKEFIELD, MONDAY, MAY 28th, ,„^, 
READING, TUESDAY, MAY 29th, ^"^ ' 

Containing THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE EXERCISES IN BOTH TOWNS; 

List of all Committees ; and a carefully prepared sketch of the settlement of the 

old town, its growth and expansion, division into parishes and new towns, 

incidents and epochs in its glorious history, its worthy institutions, 

and reminiscences of peculiar interest, including unique 

and original poems. 

TOGETIIKH WITH BUSINESS An\-ERTISKMENTS OF LEADING AND PROSPEROl-S MERCHANTS, 

WHICH UEI-I.ECT THE VARIED MANUFACTURI XG, INDUSTRIAL, MERCANTILE 

AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS OF THE Ml'NICII'ALITV. 

Ilkistrated b\^ Handsome Engravings of Persons and Places. 

Published by Chester W. Eaton ^^ Will Everett Eaton, 

Under Exclusive Authority of the Celebration Committee. 



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Oldest House in Wakefield, Prospect Street. 

Built bv Sergennt John Parker about 1670. Lately owneil and occupit-il by 
Mrs. Caroline H. Leslie ; now owned by Charles f^. Hanks. Esq. 




OLD TOWN HALL AND LIBRARY BlilH>IN(i. 

liiiill in ls:U, ami wnt* first used as a tttwii liall aiui sfliin)l-liinise. Rooms 

in Ihis huihlinj; were used for tlie purposes of the public lihrary 

until tlie present town tmll was hnilt. 



STILLMAN J. PUTNEY, 

Manufacturer • Heeler, 



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Main Street, cor Salem Street, 

WAKEFIELD. 







Publishers' Greeting. 

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,/%/ E have made a faithful ami earnest eflbrt to make this Souvenir ot 
the 250th celebration of the old town one of tlie attractive ami 
valuable features of the anniversarv. While we iiave been limited in the 
time allowed for its prep.uatioii and publication, we liope and trust it will 
be accepted and prized as a memento worthy of preservation. We oHer 
thanks to public-spirited citizens, liusiness friends and gentlemen of the 
celebration committee, wlio bv their favor and substantia! encourag-ement 
have assisted to ^\\l- to this\(ihmie an historical value far beyond its worth 
as an elea^ant illustrated proj^ram of the exercises and festivities of the 
o^reat anniversary 

CHESTER W. EATON. 

WILL EVERETT EATON. 



BOATS TO LET AND FOR SALE ! 




BOT^TS 

STORED, CARED FOR AND 
REPAIRED. 



... I have added for the season of '94 a fine 
.Steam Launch, with seating capacity for parties 
of twent\- or less ; also a large number of new 
row boats 

WILL H. WILEY, 

Boathouse, Spaulding Street, 

Lake Quannapowitt, Wakefield. 




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THE CELEBRATION 



OF THE 



250tlhi Aenlversary of the Settlemeet and 

Imcorporataoe of 



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SUNDAY, .MAY 27, 1894, 



The First Congregational Church in Wake- 
field, connected with the Old Parish of Redding, 
will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its organ- 
ization by observances as follows : 

10.30 A. M. Historical Sermon by the Rev. David 
N. Beach, of Cambridge, a former pastor. 

3 p. M. Communion Service. 



6.30 P. M. Religious Services and Addresses, to 
which are invited the Christian churches and 
people of all denominations in the territory 
embraced by ancient Redding. 

Memorial Anniversary Services will also be 
held at the different churches in Reading, on 
Sunday, May 27. 



AT WAKEFIELD, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1894, 



Sunrise. 



Ringing of Bells and Salutes. 



9 A. M. Grand Military, Firemen's, and Civic Pro- 
cession, during which His Excellency, Hon. 
Frederick T. Greenhalge, Governor of the 
Commonwealth, and Staff will be received. 

Col. Charles F. Woodward will be Chief 
Marshal, and Fred. B. Carpenter, Chief of Staff; 
and the procession will include divisions of Public 
Schools, Firemen, Trades, Militia, Antique Repre- 
sentations, Hugh de Payens Commandery, Invited 
Guests with the Second Battalion of Sixth Regiment 
of Infantry, M. V. M., as escort, under commard 
of Maj. George H. Taylor. The route of the 
procession will be as follows, forming on Main 
Street near the Wakefield Mansion, the column 
will move through the following named streets : 
Main, Sweetser, Pleasant, Park Main, Chestnut, 
Park Avenue, Dell Avenue, Converse, Gould, 
Albion, Railroad, Yale Avenue, then around the 
Common and be reviewed by the Governor and 
other guests on Main Street, south of the Rockery, 
where the procession will be dismissed. 



2.30 P. M. Historical, Literary, and Musical Ex- 
ercises in the Town Hall, at which Samuel 
K. Hamilton, Esq., representing the com- 
mittee of arrangements, will preside. 

Overture, by Orchestra, Salem Cadet Band. 

Invocation, by Rev. Noah R. Everts. 

Singing, "To Thee, O Country," Wakefield and 
Reading High Schools. 

Introductory Address, Samuel K. Hamilton, Esq. 

Address of Welcome. Otis V. Waterman, Esq., 
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. 

Oration Horace G. Wadlin, Esq. 

Music Salem Cadet Orchestra. 

Poem, by John S. Eaton, Esq., recited at the request 
of the author, by Miss Emma Florence 
Eaton. 



Address 



Governor Frederick T. Greenhalge. 



12 M. Ringing of Bells and Salutes. 



12.^0 P. M. Luncheon for Invited Guests. 



1.30 P. M. Band Concert on the Park by the Salem 
Cadet Band. 



Singing, " Hymn of Peace," Wakefield and Read- 
ing High Schools. 

Address in behalf of Reading, Fred W. Hatch, Esq. 

Address in behalf of North Reading, Rev. Gilbert 
R. Bent. 



SETTLERS' DAY-Continued. 



Address in behalf of Wakefield, Chester W. Eaton, 
Esq. 

Singing, " America," Chorus and Audience. 

Benediction. 



2 p. M. 



Sports on the Park. 



The first series of games will be open to resi- 
dents of Wakefield, Reading, and North Reading, 
and the events will be as follows : dory race, 2 
prizes ; bicycle race for men, 2 prizes ; bicycle race 
for boys, 2 prizes ; tug-of-war contest, prize $20, or 
4 prizes of ^4 each ; three-mile run, 2 prizes; 100 
yards dash, 2 prizes ; pole vault, 2 prizes ; standing 
jump, 2 prizes; running high jump, 2 prizes. 

Events for boys only : 1 00 yards dash, 2 cash 
prizes ; doughnut race, 2 cash prizes. 

Events open to all comers : One-mile race, 2 
prizes; 100 yards dash, 2 prizes; running hop, 
step, and jump, 2 prizes. Entering in all events 
should be made to Mr. James F. Garraty, and the 
lists will be open to within fifteen minutes of the 
several events. 



4.00 P. M. Game of Base Ball on the Park. 

5 p. M. Rowing Regatta on Lake Quannapowitt. 

Sunset. Ringing of Bell and Salutes. 

7.30 p. M. Band Concert on the Park by the Salem 
Cadet Band. 

8.15 P. M. Fireworks on the Park. 
g.30. Curfew. 

An exhibition of historic articles of rare and 
curious interest from the collection of the Wake- 
field Historical Society, with treasured relics loaned 
by other persons, will be open to the public on the 
days of celebration and Memorial Day, at Guild 
Hall, of the Episcopal Society, on the first floor of 
Wakefield's Block, with entrance on Lincoln Street. 
Historic spots, as sites of ancient churches, parson- 
ages, burial yards, schools, mills, blacksmith shops, 
and dwelling-houses, will be marked by tablets. 

There will be band concerts on Wakefield Park 
from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock, p. m., with a grand 
display of fireworks in the evening. 





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RESIDENCE OF MR. EVERETT W. EATON, RAILROAD STREET. 




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MARKET PLACE, READING, ENGLAND, WITH VIEW OF ST. LAWRENCE'S CHURCH. 



READING, ENGLAND, 



This old English town, from which it is sup- 
posed some of our early settlers came, is of great 
antiquity, and is very pleasantly situated on the 
northerly confines of the Royal County of Berkshire, 
close to the confluence of the river Kennet with the 
Thames. It is the county and an assize town, 39 
miles from London, on the main road to Bath. The 
population is over 60,000. The scenery round about 
Reading is very beautiful and varied. The Thames 
and the Kennet afford ample amusement to the lovers 
of piscatorial art, and many disciples of Isaac 
Walton assiduously "whip'' the waters. Boating 
is also one of the favorite pastimes of the inhabi- 
tants and visitors. 

The earliest authentic record of Reading is in 
the year 868, though it is claimed the town formed 
part of the kingdom of VVessex, of which Winchester 
was the metropolis under the Sa.xons, toward the 
close of the fifth century. The town had many ter- 
rible experiences of battles and sieges during suc- 



ceeding centuries, and figured prominently in Eng- 
lish history during the civil wars. Here are seen the 
ruins of the famous Reading Abbey, once distin- 
guished for its grandeur and magnificence, and 
which was frequently the abode of royalty. It was 
founded in the year 1121, and after flourishing for 
five centuries, was destroyed by the uncompromis- 
ing Puritans about the time of Cromwell. St. 
Lawrence's Church, shown in the engraving, is 
also a relic of the early days of England. The south 
wall was built in 1150, the chancel, 1196; the 
tower, in 1458; and the arcade, or piazza, was 
finished about the year 1520. The church was 
thoroughly restored about thirty years ago, at an 
expense of four thousand pounds, and abounds, 
inside and outside, in curious and ancient features. 
In the great tower is a splendid peal of ten bells. 
The Reading School was founded by Henry VII., 
and is now a large and elegant structure, and 
famed throughout England. 



lecorporatloe Day, 

AT READ3N0, TUESDAY, MAY 2% 1894, 



EVENTS OF THE DAY. 



I2.0I A. II. Bonfires continuing until dawn. Sun- 
rise Salutes and Ringing of Bells. Salute on 
arrival of the Governor. 

10.30 A.M. Grand Military and Civic Parade, Harley 
Prentiss, Chief Marshall. Salute immedi- 
ately after the Parade is dismissed. 

12. M. Athletic Sports. 

12. .M. to 2 P. M. Collation for Guests at Odd Fel- 
lows' Hall. 



School Building will be open to the public May 28, 
May 29, and May 30. 

The Regimental Parade of the Second Massa- 
chusetts High School Regiment will take place on 
this day at Reading. The Regiment will arrive in 
town about 9 a. m. and will encamp on Sweetser's 
Field, Washington Street. Organization will be 
made as early as practicable with the immediate 
rendering by company commanders of morning 
reports, attested by the school principals, to the 
regimental adjutants. There will follow competitive 
movements, athletic contests, and drill for prizes. 



5.30 p. M. Grand Anniversary Banquet with post 
prandial exercises. 

8. P. M. Band Concert and Illuminations on the 
Common. 
An Historical Loan and Art Exhibit at the High 

General Committee of Arrangements for Field Day 
Alton E. Briggs, Chairman .... Chelsea Frank F. Coburn . . 
F. E. Whittemore, Secretary .... Reading 

A. W. Bachelor Gloucester 

Frank O. Baldwin Andover 

C. T. C. Whitcomb Wakefield 

Field Day Committee. 
F. E. Whittemore. Lieut. P. J. Flanders. Col. J. E. Marshall. 

Regimental Officers and Roster of 1st Battalion. 

Col. J. Elmer Marshall Reading. Lieut-Col. Arthur T. Lego .... Chelsea 



After dinner there will be a regimental review 
and street parade, closing with a dress parade about 
4.30 p. M., at which time the report of the judges 
will be announced and prizes awarded. 

Lowell 

C. S. Jackson, English High Lynn 

E. D. Russell, Classical High .... Lynn 
L. H. Owen Woburn 



Rg. Adj. Walter G. Nowell 



Reading. 



READING, WAKEFIELD, AND ANDOVER HIGH 
SCHOOL BATTALION. 

Maj. Howard H. P. Wright. 

Adj. William W. Greenough. 

Sergt.-Maj. William O'Connell. 

COnPANY A (Reading). 

Capt. Arthur H. Brown. 

I St Lieut. Edward E. Copeland. 

2d Lieut. Samuel E. Killam. 
40 Men. 



COnPANY B (Wakefield), 

Capt. W. Raymond Emerson. 

I St Lieut. A. L. Cutter. 

2d Lieut. Wm. W. Greenough. 
51 Men. 

COMPANY C (Andover). 

Capt. John J. Donovan. 

I St Lieut. Arthur S. Roberts. 

2d Lieut. J. Russell Chandler. 
41 Men. 

Other battalions of the regiment are from the 
High Schools of Lynn, Gloucester, Lowell, Chelsea, 
and Woburn. 




George W. Harrington. 
Daniel Evan?, 



WAKEFIELD'S SELECTMEN, 1894. 
Otis V. Waterman, Chairman. 



Stillman J. Putney. 
Charles E. Walton, Clerk. 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL 



Aeelvarsary Committee of Wakefle 



GENERAL COMMITTEE. 



PRESIDENT. 

CHESTER \V. EATON. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



Aaron Foster. 
Edward Mansfield. 
Thomas Emerson. 
Franklin Poole. 

James F. 
Atwell, Jr., W. H. 
Atherton, A. S. 
Atwood, F. H. 
Britton, Richard. 
Beebe, Junius. 
Boardman, Moses. 
Bowman, C. B. 
Buzzell, R. P. 
Brownell, A. W. 
Balch, T. E. 
Barker, Edward. 
Carpenter, F. B. 
Coon, W. L 
Cutter, W. A. 
Clough, S. A. 
Clark, F. O. 
Clapp, F. A. 
Carlisle, E. A. 
Dolbeare, H. M. 
Darling, D. H. 
Dunshee, C. E. 
Dearborn, S. B. 
Dimick, A. D. 
Day, J. A. 
Dwyer, T. E. 
Evans, Daniel. 
Evans, H. B. 
Eaton, E. W. 
Eaton, J. S. 
Emerson, E. E. 
Foster, M. P. 



A. G. SvVEETSER. 

Thomas Winship. 
S. O. Richardson. 
James H. Carter. 
Emerson, Treasurer. 

Flint, S. W. 
Flanders, Levi. 
Flanders, P. J. 
Greenough, \V. S. 
Garraty, Jas. F. 
Gihon, E. J. 
Grace, J. W. 
Hamilton, S. K. 
Harrington, G. W. 
Heath, E. N. 
Hartshorne, C. F. 
Hawes, W. L. 
Hawes, C. H. 
Hussey, C. E. 
Hawkes, A. A. 
Kimball, G. W. 
Kelly, J. P. 
Lufkin, S. \V. 
Low, Michael. 
Miller, E. C. 
Maddock, G. H. 
Mansfield, J. D. 
Mansfield, C. F. 
McCausland, W. H. 
Nott, C. E. 
O'Leary. J. A. 
Putney, S. J. 
Parker, J. Fred. 
Pinkham, H. P. 
Parker, Sam'l T. 



E. Sumner Hopkins. 
J. G. Aborn. 
Joseph Connell. 
Everett Hart. 
Harry Foster, Secretary. 

Phipps, L E. 
Perkins, C. A. 
Roberts, P. S. 
Rich, E. A. 
Skinner, T. J. 
Savage, H. H. 
Stout, R. S. 
Spencer, C. H. 
Stowell, I 
Tyler, VV. N. 
Thayer, A. H. 
Thacher, H. B. 
Taylor, G. H. 
Towle, G. H. 
Teague, G. H. 
Van Nostrand, W. T. 
\\'oodward, C. F. 
Wilson, G. F. 
Walton, C. E. 
Wakefield, C. B. 
Whitcomb, C. T. C. 
^^'inship, C. N. 
Waterman, O. V. . 
White, S. S. 
White, E. W. 
White, J. W. 
Wright, A. J. 
Ward, W. M. 
Young, W. F. 
Youns, F. W. 



WAKEFIELD'S SUB=COMMITTEES. 



Executive Committee. 



Edwin C. Miller, Chairman. 
W'm. H. Atwell, Jr. Wm. A. Cutter. 

F. B. Carpenter. D. H. Darling. 

Wm. L. Coon. S. W. Flint. 



Everett W. Eaton, Secretary. 

M. Low. H. B. Thayer. 

J. F. Parker. C. F. Woodward. 

C. H. Spencer. ^\'m. N. Tyler. 



C. B. Wakefield. 






SOUTH READING COMMON, SIXTY YEARS AGO. 




RESIDENCE OF MR. WILLIAM H. LEE, GREENWOOD. 



WAKEFIELD'S SUB-COMMITTEES— Continued. 



Procession and Outdoor Music. 



Decorations and Tablets. 



C. F. Woodward. 

S. W. Lufkin. ■ 

A. S. Atherton 

S. J. Putney. 

C. T. C. Whitcomb. 

R. S. Stout. 

M. Low. 

A. J. Wright. 

W. H. At well, Jr. 

G. H. Taylor. 

W. A. Cutter. 

F. A. Clapp. 

E. W. Eaton. 



S. B. Dearborn. 
L. Flanders. 
E. J. Gihon. 
C. H. Spencer. 
W. L. Hawes. 
W. M. \\'ard. 
C. E. Walton. 
Daniel Evans. 
P. ]. Flanders. 
T. P. Kelly. 
j. A. Day. 
J. A. O'Leary. 
1. E. Phipps. 



Historical, Literary, and Musical Exercises. 

C. W. Eaton. E. C. Miller. 

W. S. Greenough. G. H. Haddock. 

S. K. Hamilton. G. F. Wilson. 

Thomas Winship. H. P. Pinkham. 



Press. 



W. L. Coon. 
M. P. Foster. 
Edson W. White. 



T. E. Balch. 
C. E. Dunshee. 
H. M. Dolbeare. 



Grand Stand. 



C. H. Spencer. 
S. W. Flint. 
J. F. Emerson. 



J. Connell. 

A. W. Brownell. 



Programme, Badges, and Printing. 

E. W. Eaton. J. C. Hartshorne. 

A. H. Thayer. J. W. White. 

W. H. Atwell, Jr. C. B. Bowman. 
M. P. Foster. 

Evening Exercises in Hall. 

D. H. Darling. E. A. Carlisle. 

E. C. Miller. S. S. White. 

R. P. Buzzell. C. T. C. Whitcomb. 

H. P. Pinkham. A. H. Thayer. 

Games and Races. 



Wm. .\. Cutter. 

M. Low. 

J. F. Parker. 

C. E Nott. 

J. F. Garraty. 

W. T. Van Nostrand. 



E. J. Gihon. 
H. B. Thacher. 
C. B. \\'akefield. 
H. M. Dolbeare. 
S. T. Parker. 
J. E. Dwyer. 



Transportation, Carriages, and Barges. 

W. H. Atwell, Jr. M. Low. 

E. W. Eaton. J. A. Day. 

R. S. Stout. C. E. Hussey. 
H. H. Savage. 



E. N. Heath. 
J. F. Emerson. 
J. F. Garratv. 
H. B. Thacher. 

F. H. Atwood. 



S. K. Hamilton. 
R. Britton. 
J. G. Aborn. 
T. J. Skinner. 



S. J. Putney. 
E. E. Emerson. 
G. H. Teague. 
A. H. Thayer. 
S. T. Parker. 

Invitations. 

W. N. Tyler. 
J. W. White. 
C. F. Woodward. 
W. L. Coon. 



Fireworks and Salutes. 

J. F. Parker. G. H. Teague. 

J. F. Emerson. G. W. Kimball. 

Geo. W. Harrington. A. D. Dimick. 

C. E. Walton. 

Law and Order. 

O. V. Waiermax. M. Boardman. 

W. F. Young. L Stowell. 

C. F. Hartshorne. C. N. Winship. 

W. A. Cutter. W. H. McCausland. 

J. C. Hartshorne. 

Reception and Entertainment of Guests. 



G. H. Maddock. 
F. B. Carpenter. 
S. O. Richardson. 
P. S. Roberts. 
H. B. Evans. 
A. J. Wright. 
E. A. Rich. 
Junius Beebe. 
T. Emerson. 



D. H. Darling. 

F. O. Clark. 
S. A. Clough. 

G. H. Towle. 

W. T. Van Nostrand. 
C. B. Wakefield. 
C. E. Hussey. 
J. D. Mansfield. 



Locating Historic Spots. 

C. F. Mansfield. C. F. Hartshorne. 

E. Mansfield. J. H. Carter. 

Aaron Foster. S. W. Flint. 

Franklin Poole. H. B. Evans. 

A. G. Sweetser. E. Hart. 

E. S. Hopkins. J. W. Grace. 

J. G. Aborn. L Stowell. 

Exhibition of Historic Articles. 

Edward Mansfield. A. A. Hawkes. 

C. A. Perkins. ' F. W. Young. 

T. E. Balch. Charles F. Mansfield. 

E. Barker. 

Bureau of Information. 

Otis V. Waterman. 

A. H. Thayer. C. B. Bowman. 

Booths, Tents, and Refreshment Stands, 

Otis V. Waterman. Daniel Evans. 

S. J. Putney. Junius Beebe. 

Charles E. Walton. Charles H. Hawes. 

Geo. ^^'. Harrington. Philip J. Flanders. 




ESTATE OF MRS. E. S. NEWCOMB, GREENWOOD. 




RESIDENCE OF MR. SAMUEL K. HAMILTON, YALE AVENUE. 



, QUARTER=MILLENNIAL , 

AnmwerBmy Committee of Readier 



GENERAL COMMITTEE. 



James P. Clement. 
Edmund Eaton, 
Wendell Bancroft. 
Washington P. Damon. 
Francis O. Dewey. 



Edward F. Parker, 



Bancroft, Moses. 
Bancroft, James A. 
Bancroft, Lewis M. 
Bancroft, Frank J. 
Bancroft, Willard A. 
Barrows, Cyrus M. 
Batchelder, Alden. 
Beal, Oliver L. 
Bickford, Daniel T. 
Boyce, Benjamin M. 
Brooks, Edward F. 
Brown, Charles F. 
Carleton, James H. 
Connelly, John. 
Coons, Arthur M. 
Crafts, Frank E. 
Crowe, \^'illiam L. 
Cummings, Horace E. 
Damon, Arthur A. 
Dane, Harry L. 
Danforth, Alfred W. 
Dewey, Frank H. 
Dewhurst, James. 
Drake, Edward B. 
Francis, Richard W. 
Francis, Albert J. 
Gleason, Joseph H. 
Gordon, .•\rthur D. 
Grimes, James W. 
Harrow, Stephen. 
Holden, Henry E. 



PRESIDENT. 

WALTER S. PARKER. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Fred W. Hatch. 
Solon Bancroft. 
Samuel Pierce. 
Edward Appleton. 
Ira W. Ruc.gles. 
Treasurer. Will S. Kinsley, 

Howes, A. Newell. 
Hunt, Edgar N. 
Hussey, Charles E. 
Jones, Oren N. 
Kinsley, Stephen P. 
Kittredge, Henry G. 
Lee, Charles W. 
Lewis, John B., Jr. 
Lindsay, James. 
Loring, Charles A. 
Loring, Richard F. 
Marshall, J. Elmer. 
Mclntire, Herbert E. 
Merrill. Fred D. 
Mitchell, Jacob. 
Nichols, Edward C. 
Nichols, Albion G. 
Nichols, Frank G. 
Orr, J. Henry. 
Palmer, Edward H. 
Parker, George H. 
Parker, Galen A. 
Parker, Gilman L. 
Pendergrace, Jesse S. 
Perkins, Alfred. 
Pratt, Frank W. B. 
Pratt, George L. 
Prentiss, Harley. 
Prentiss, H. Lindsay. 
Prentiss, Archer R. 
Richardson, William S. 



READING'S SUB=COMMITTEES. 



William H. Wightman. 
Nathan Bancroft. 
Warren E. Eaton. 
Charles W. Abbott. 
James Reid. 
Secretary. 

Richardson, Chester C. 
Richardson, Harry M. 
Roberts, Jacob W. 
Roberts, Herbert H. 
Roberts, John A. 
Roberts, Arthur E. 
Robinson, Henry. 
Ruggles, William L 
Ruggles, Otis A. 
Ruggles, Otis B. 
Scott, Walter i\I. 
Shannon, John J. 
Shannon, William H. 
Shattuck, Fred H. 
Smith, Frank M. 
Southwell, R. Dana. 
Sperry, Fred D. 
Stinchfield, Charles H. 
Stone, Merrick A. 
Swain, Charles H. 
Temple, Joseph S. 
Temple, Arthur W. 
Thomas, Arthur F. 
Tuttle, Arthur S. 
Twombly, Willie E. 
AA'adlin, Horace G. 
Webster, John W. 
Whelton, John H. 
Whittemore, Frederic E. 
\\'ight, James. 
Winship, P'rank A. 



E.xecutive Committee. 

Walter S. Parker, Cliairman. Daniel T. Bickford, Secretary. 

Harley Prentiss. 

Frank M. Smith. 



William I. Ruggles 



Edward B. Drake. 



Albert J. Francis. 

Gilman L. Parker. 



Fred W. Hatch. 

Jacob Mitchell. 




RESIDENCE OF MR. WILLIAM L. COON, YALE AVENUE. 




RESIDENCE OF MR. EDWARD DE ANGUERA, AVON STREET. 



READING'S SUB-COMMITTEES— Continued. 



Reception and Invitation. 

Charles F. Brown. James Wight. 

Horace G. Wadlin. Edward Appleton. 

Fred W. Hatch. William H. Wightman. 

Solon Bancroft. Benjamin M. Boyce. 

Walter S. Parker. Francis O. Dewey. 

Henry G. Kittredge. Jacob W. Roberts. 

Frank M. Smith. William S. Richardson. 

Harley Prentiss. Wendell Bancroft. 

John B. Lewis, Jr. Samuel Pierce. 

Nathan Bancroft. James Reid. 

James P. Clement. Alden Batchelder. 

Warren E. Eaton. James A. Bancroft. 

Frank A. Winship. Edward H. Palmer. 

Henry Robinson. Ira W. Ruggles. 

James H. Carleton. Alfred Perkins. 

Procession. 

Harley Prentiss. Jesse S. Pendergrace. 

Albert J. Francis. Herbert E. Mclntire. 

Charles W. Lee. H. Lindsay Prentiss. 

Stephen P. Kinsley. Edward C. Nichols. 

J. Henry Orr. Charles W. Abbott. 

R. Dana Southwell. Arthur E. Roberts. 
James W. Grimes. 

Banquet. 

A. Newell Howes. William L Ruggles. 

Charles A. Loring. Harley Prentiss. 

Alden Batchelder. Edward B. Drake. 

Galen A. Parker. Frank M. Smith. 

James P. Clement. Albert J. Francis. 

Cyrus M. Barrows. Fred W. Hatch, 

lacob Mitchell. Gilman L. Parker. 

Walter S. Parker. Daniel T. Bickford. 

Scliool Regiment. 

Frederic E.Whittemore. Arthur E. Roberts. 

J. Elmer Marshall. Frank W. B. Pratt. 

Charles E. Hussey. Alfred W. Danforth. 

Gilman L. Parker. Moses Bancroft. 

William H. Shannon. .\lbert J. Francis. 

.Arthur F. Thomas. Frank H. Dewey. 

Bonfire. 

Otis B. Ruggles. 
Richard F. Loring. Harry M. Richardson. 

Halls and Tents. 

Oliver L. Beal. 
James W. Grimes. Henr)' Robinson. 

Fireworks. 

Walter M. Scott. 
William I. Ruggles. Henry E. Holden. 

Police. 

Arthur S. Tuttle. 
Fred D. Merrill. John H. Whelton. 

Games and Sport. 

Charles A. Loring. Arthur D. Gordon. 

Archer R. Prentiss. James W. Grimes. 

James Lindsay. 



Qrand Stand. 

Horace G. Wadlin. 
Wendell Bancroft. Arthur W. Temple. 

Fire Department. 
Edward C. Nichols. Charles W. Lee. 

William L. Crowe. Fred H. Shattuck. 

Frank G. Nichols. Albion G. Nichols. 

Charles H. Stinchfield. Stephen Harrow. 

Press. 
Charles A. Loring. 
Henry G. Kittredge. Chester C. Richardson. 

Decorations. 
Otis A. Ruggles. Harry L. Dane. 

A. Newell Howes. Herbert H. Roberts. 

Richard W. Francis. John A. Roberts. 

Transportation. 
Charles W. Abbott. 
Frank H. Dewey. Joseph S. Temple. 

Printing. 
Willie E. Twombly. 
Cyrus M. Barrows. Daniel T. Bickford. 

Carriages. 
Frank M. Smith. Willard A. Bancroft. 

Oliver L. Beal. John J. Shannon. 

Frank E. Crafts. 

Finance. 
Edgar N. Hunt. 
Jacob Mitchell. James H. Carleton. 

Salutes and Bell Ringing. 
Alfred Perkins. Arthur M. Coons. 

George H. Parker. John Connelly. 

George L. Pratt. 

Band Music. 
Edward B. Drake. 
Fred D. Sperry. Frank W. B. Pratt. 

Vocal Music. 
Charles F. Brown. John W. Webster. 

Gilman L. Parker. Frank J. Bancroft. 

Bureau of Information. 
Will S. Kinslev. 
Merrick A. Stone. Charles H. Swain. 

Ambulance, 
Edward F. Brooks. 
Booths and Refreshment Stands. 
Alfred W. Danforth. 
Lewis M. Bancroft. Arthur A. Damon. 

Village Improvements. 
Joseph S. Temple. 
Ira W. Ruggles. Oren N. Jones. 

Historic Places. 

Solon Bancroft. Edward Appleton. 

Nathan Bancroft. Ira W. Ruggles. 

Frank J. Bancroft. Joseph H. Gleason. 

Historical Loan and Art Collection. 

Mrs. Galen A. Parker. 
Mrs. Solon Bancroft. Mrs. Rosamond C. Pratt. 



QUARTER=M!ILLENN1AL . 



Aeelversary Committer 
of North Readmg. 



GENERAL COMMITTEE. 



PRESIDENT. 

EDWARD A. CARPENTER. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



Joseph D. Gowing. 
Arthur F. Upton, Treasurer. 



Martin L. Havward. 

Willis P. Smith, Seeretary. 



Abbott, Herbert L. 
Batchelder, Denis. 
Batchelder, Leland D. 
Batchelder, Irving F. 
Batchelder, A. L. 
Bacheller, John. 
Campbell, Henry H. 
Case, Frank W. 
Dame, Henry H. 
Ditmars, Geo. L. 



Eaton, Warren. 
Eames, J. Allen. 
Flint, J. Arthur. 
Foley, Thomas L. 
Holt, Solon O. 
Harris, J. C. 
McLane, J. B. 
Nichols, Wm. I. 
Nichols, Charles H. 
Parker, Edward D. 



Parker, Frank. 
Pratt, Charles S. 
Pringle, Ralph. 
Robinson, J. Milton. 
Strout, Frank F. 
Symonds, Burton K. 
Turner, J. E. 
Turner, Willard P. 
Upton, Henry A. 
Upton, W. F. 



NORTH READING'S SUB=COMMITTEES. 



Executive Committee. 



Edward D. Parker, Chairman. 

Edward A. Carpenter. 

Martin L. Hayward. 



Arthur F. Upton, Seeretary. 

Joseph D. Gowing. 
Solon (). Holt. 



NORTH READINQ'S SUB' 

Invitation and Reception. 

Edward A. Carpenter. Joseph D. Gowing. 
Martin L. Hayward. William I. Nichols. 

Denis Batchelder. Solon O. Holt. 



Willis P. Smith. 
Henry A. Upton. 
Herbert L. Abbott. 
Burton K. Symonds. 
Martin L. Hayward. 
Arthur F. Upton. 
J. Z. Harris. 
Thomas L. Foley. 
Frank W. Case. 
Irving F. Batchelder. 
W. F. Upton. 



Frank Parker. 



Procession. 

Frank F. Strout. 
J. B. McLane. 
Denis Batchelder. 
Edward A. Carpenter. 
Joseph D. Gowing. 
John Bacheller. 
Willard P. Turner. 
A. L. Batchelder. 
J. Milton Robinson. 
J. E. Turner. 
Geo. L. Ditmars. 

Banquet. 

Charles S. Pratt. 

Frank F. Strout. 



COMMITTEES— Continued. 

riusic. 

Henry A. Uptijn. 
Burton K. Symonds. Edward D. Parker. 

Bonfire, Salutes, and Bell Ringing. 

Henry H. Dame. 



Fire Department. 

John Bacheller. Burton K. Symonds. 

Charles H. Nichols. J. Z. Harris. 

Henry A. Upton. W. F. Upton. 

A. L. Batchelder. Frank W. Case. 

Carriages. 
Burton K. Symonds. 
John Bacheller. Henry W. Campbell. 

Printing. 

Wm. I. Nichols. 
Charles H. Nichols. Irving F. Batchelder. 

J. Allen Fames. J. E. Turner. 



Burton K. Symonds. 
Edward D. Parker. 
W. I. Turner. 
Ralph Pringle. 
Thomas L. Foley. 



Henry A. Upton. 
Chas. S. Pratt. 
Geo. L. Ditmars. 
W. F. Upton. 
J. Allen Eames. 



Historic Places. 

Wm. I. Nichols. 
Henry H. Dame. Joseph D. Gowing. 

Frank W. Case. A. L. Batchelder. 

Halls and Tents. 

Henry W. Campbell. 
Charles S. Pratt. J. Milton Robinson. 

Book of Proceedings. 

Martin L. Hayward. 
J. Milton Robinson. Herbert L. Abbott. 

J. Arthur Flint. Leland D. fiatchelder. 

Historical and Literary Exercises. 

Frank Parker. 
Henry H. Dame. J. Milton Robinson. 

Art and Historical Collection. 

Mrs. Emma B. Edwards. Mrs. Henry Nichols. 
Mrs. Harriett N. Flint. Mrs. L. G. Howard. 

Mrs. Chas. P. Howard. Miss Mary H. Graves. 



JOINT CONFERENCE COHHITTEE. 



\\'alter S. Parker, Chair-man. 
WAKEFIELD. 



Chester W. Eaton. 
Charles F. \\'oodward 
Charles H. Spencer. 



Edwin C. Miller. 
Michael Low. 



Chester \\'. Eaton, Secretary. 
READING. 
Walter S. Parker. James P. Clement. 

George H. Parker. William L Ruggles. 

Frank A. \\'inship. 
NORTH READING. 
Frank Parker. Leland D. Batchelder. 

Denis Batchelder. John Bacheller. 

Henry H. Dame. 

Sub=Committee on Invitations to the Joint Celebration. 
WAKEFIELD. READING. 

Chester W. Eaton. Samuel K. Hamilton. \\'alter S. Parker. Charles F. Brown. 

NORTH READING. 
Frank Parker. E. A. Carpenter. 




VIEWS OF PARK AND LAKE QUANNAPOWITT. 



READING'S First Settlers.. 



About the year 1640, with knotvn locatio?is. 



Nicholas Brown, 
William Eaton, 

John Damon, 
Josiah Dustin, 
Isaac Hart, 

George Davis, 
Roliert Dunton, 
Samuel Dimton, 
Thomas Clark, 

William Cowdrey, 
Jonas Eaton, 

Thomas Hartshorn, 
Richard Walker, 



On eastern borders of " Great Pond." 
Were near the old " Common " found. 

[• Exact locations are in the dark. 

J 

I On " Cowdrey's " breeze-swept hill. 

[ On land named " Elm " street still. 



Thomas Kendall, I Near " Cowdrey's" solid base. 



William Hooper. 
John Laukin, 
Thomas Marshall, 
William Martin, 
John Pearson, 

Zackery Fitch, 

John Poole, 

Thomas Parker, 
Jeremy Swayne, 

Francis Smith, 
John Smith, his son, 

Edward Taylor, 
Thomas Taylor, 
Samuel Walker, 

John Wiley, 



We truly cannot place. 

I On " Fitch's Lane," — now Salem Street ; 

j The way " where two teams could not meet .' ' 

I Where the Rattan Works stand. 

I On the East Ward land. 

] By Pond that bore his name. 

I Dwelling near north end of same. 



Whose dwellings left no sign. 



i From the Woodville line. 



Completes the ancient tiveuty-vine ! 



J. s. E. 



Note.— It will lie apparent that the first settlement of Reading was commenced, mainly, 
between and around the lakes, in what is now Wakefield territory. 

It may also be perceived that in an unsuccessful attempt to render the above list tuneful 
as well as trutliful, the names of those brave Reading pioneers, (like the vien who bore 
them,) appear to yield less readily to poetic than to tieroii: measures. 



FREEMAN EMMONS, 

<^ At toriieY " at - I3a v, 
PENSION CLAIMS. 

4 State St., Boston. 

Residence, 602 Main Street, 
. . Wakefield. . . 

E. A, Carlisle, Pope & Co, 

Successors to LEVI BOLLES & SON, 



DEALKKS IN 



DOORS, GLIIZED WIHDOWS. BLINDS, 

Window and Door Frames, Weights, Cord, Etc 

And Importers of FOREIGN WINDOW GLASS, 

Haymarl<et Square, cor. Sudbury Street, 

-a- BOSTON, MASS. -^ 

E. A. Carmslk, ResiiU'iicp, Wakcrii'lil. 

■^he • y/akefield • Variety • Store, 

385 MAIN ST., COR. OF AVON ST. 

Kitchen Goods, Lamps, Glass Ware, Crockery, 

SMALL WOODEN %VARE, Etc. 
A. .1. IlUTl'IIINSDN riiol'UIKTOR. 

N. C GAFFV, 

pashionable Dress & Cloak /Haker, 

378 Main St., Wakefield, Mass. 



< )viT 1 'lotliev's l)ru'' sicirc. 



ESTABLISHED IS79. 



E. S. HAYES & SON, 

• BMKERS. •• 
. BREAD, . CAKE . AND . PASTRY, . 

366 MAIN STREET. WAKEFIELD. 

\Ved*ling Cake a specialty. Orders for Catering promptly executed. 
Our store will remain open durinp the day of the eeleliration. 

iA£. 7VV. TV^CCMSKELL'S 

Boai^dTi-iS HotJ^^- 

iSff' Meals ran 1m; had at any hour during the day and evening of 
the relfliration. 

RATES REASONABLE. TABLE BOARD $3.25 PER WEEK. 

388 MAIN ST.. WAKEFIELD. 



Everett G. Daland, 

DEALER In 

FURNISHINGS and — 

. . . BOYS' CLOTHING. 



390 Main Street, Wakefield. 

The Crawford Cafe, 

370 IVIain St., Wakefield, Mass. 

HRS. E. HEADLEY, Prop'r. 



Mealf* served at all hours. 
Board by the day or week. 
(^ Ice Cream by the plate, quart or palhuL 

Caters for dinner and evenin*? parties. 
Lodfre work a specialty. 



© 



Ice Cold Soda and Choice Cigars. . . 
CHAS. B. NICKERSON, 

Groceries and Provisions, 

BEEF, POULTRY, ETC. 

" Faultless " Flour, " Russell " Butter, 

And T. I. Reed's Sugar Cured Hams. 

374 Main Street. Wakefield. 

A. W. BROWNELL, 

BOOK HisD JOB RRINTBR. 
Room 10, Wakefield's Block, Wakefield. 

■ • STATIONERY AND RUBBER STAMPS. • ■ 

7VV. O. 7VYMTTHEiA£S, 
_,>.pashionable Millinery 

. . . and Small Wares. 

386 Main St., Wakefield. 

OBORCB H. TBHGUB, 

HOUSE . REPAIRING . IN . ALL . ITS . BRANCHES. 
94 1-2 RAILROAD STREET, 

Opltosito T'pper Depot. 



Birth of South Reading. 

The First Parish was separated from the town of 
Reading and incorporated as a distinct town, under 
the name of South Reading, in the year iSi j. 

The causes that induced the First Parish, the old- 
est and hirgest settlement, thus to separate from her 
vomiger sisters, to forego, in part, the piestige and 
charm of its time-honored name, and to surrender 
all its ancient and honorable archives and records 
and other municipal property, were principally po- 
litical ones. 

The Town of Reading, at that time, consisted of 
three distinct parishes, viz : — the First or South, 
then called the "Old Parish ;" the West, often called 
the " Wood-end ;" and the North, tlicn known as 
the " Precinct." The South Parish were then al- 
most inianimously of the Democratic Republican 
party, while the other two parishes, with similiar 
unanimity were of the Federal party : and although 
the Soutii parish was the largest of the thiee in pop- 
ul.ition, vet was not equal to the other two. Party 
spirit ran high in those days; war with England 
had just been declared ; the Republican party were 
in favor of Madison and the war, the Federalists 
were opposed to both ; political lines were drawn 
close; prejudices were strong — stronger than we 
have ever seen since. Mr. John Damon, a man of 
wealtli, of position in the West parish, long since 
dead, was heard to sav at that time, " that if lie was 
drafted and obliged to fight, he vvoukl commence 
his bloody work at the ' Old Parish,' for he deemed 
its inhabitants far worse than the British." 

On the other hand, Cornelius Sweetser, then a 
venerable citizen of the South parish, and a soldier 
of the Revolution, in speaking of the Federalists, 
said, " Federalists', thev all ought to be dammed — 
except some few of my acquaintance, who don't 
know enough." The consequence of this state of 
feeling was that the leading men of the South par- 
isli. being mainly of the Republican party, were ex- 
cluded from public office altogether. For if, as was 
sometimes the case, a resident of the South parish 
was elected to important office, it was a Federal 
resident, and was chosen by the votes of the other 
parishes, and was not the choice of the voting of 
the South parish. Under this exclusive system it 
was that Capt. James Gould and Hav Nichols, Esq., 
gentlemen of lespectability and capacity, for that 
matter, but of the Federal clique, were with one 
single exception for one single year, the constant 
members of the Board of Selectmen for many veais, 



and only twice in a period of thirt\-three years next 
before the separation, was the South parish permit- 
ted to have a Representative to the (ieneral Court, 
and then in both instances it was a Federalist, viz : 
— Hay Nichols, Esq., in 1S05, and Adam Hawkes 
in iSi I . 

This state of things of comse did not suit the feel- 
ings of the ambitious and aspiring spirits of the 
South parish, and taking advantage of the oppor- 
tunity when the Republicans were in power, and 
Gerrv was chief magistrate, they succeeded in ob- 
taining a charter for a distinct town. — [^Thwn 
History. 

South Reading in 1812. 

In endeavoring to show how South Reading 
looked in 1S12, and what it then was, let us see 
how it did tioi look, and how it was >iot. 

It had no post-office, its letters being received and 
mailed at the Boston post-office. It received no dai- 
ly papers. It had no daily or weekly stage to and 
from Boston ; some attempts had several times been 
previously made to sustain such an institution, week- 
ly at least, but they were zvcak/v supported and 
were soon discontinued. V\'c have a traditional Zinc 
or two respecting one of these stage lines, that it 
ran once or twice a week to and from Boston for a 
short time, and the coach was said to be of a some- 
what unicjue pattern, being circular in shape, .some- 
thing like a modern cab ; and partly on accoimt of 
its form, and partly on account of its hailing from 
" Bean Town," as Reading had long been nick- 
named, from the fact, it is saitl, that at the ordina- 
tion of their early pastors, the main article of food 
was baked beans, soaked in Reading Great Pond, 
the coach for these reasons was called the "Reading 
Bean Pot." This coach was stopping one da}- in 
the street at Charlestown, waiting for a passenger, 
(it should be stated that Charlestown from time im- 
memorial has been called " Pig Town,") and while 
thus waiting, a Charlestown drayman came along 
and shouted to our driver, saying, " Get out of the 
way with your old ' Bean Pot.' " " Hold on," said 
the driver, " I am only waiting to take in my pork." 

The Boston weekly and semi-weekly newspapers 
were left by the publishers at the toll-house on 
Charlestown bridge, and it was considered the duty 
of the person first returning from Boston to take 
the papers for South Reading, and leave them at 
one of the stores for distribution. This was the 
custom for several years : there were no railroad 
giants in those days. 



J\)e l^fatioi^al Bai^K of 5outl7 l^eadii^i^. 



RAILROAD STREET, OPP. UPPER DEPOT. 



CAPITAL, $100,000.00. SURPLUS, JS35,000.00. 



The Bank of South Reading, as a State Bank, was incorporated in 1854 

It was organized as a National 15ank in 1S65. 



CYRUS G. BEEBE, President. 
THOMAS WINSHIP, Cashier. 
F. A. WINSHIP, Assistant Cashier. 



^ 



-DIRECTORS.^ 



Cyrus G. Beebe, Thomas Emerson, George O. Carpenter, 

James F. Emerson, Daniel G. Walton, Junius Beebe, 

Fred'k B. Carpenter. 



Wakefield 3avings Bank, 

. . . No. 2 Wal^^Fr^Td^s Block. MaTn St. 

\A/^AKEFIELD, MASS. 

Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 



s s s s s s 

from 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 P. M. 

'%, ^ ^ %, 

President, THOMAS J. SKINNER. 

Treasurer, RICHARD BRITTON. 

Vice Presidents, EVERETT HART, EDWARD A. RICH. 

.^>i-^s_^-rRUSTEES.— »-J< — 

Thomas J. Skinner, Everett Hart, Edward A. Rich, William S. Greenongh, 

Amos W. Chapman, John W. White, George H. Maddock, John G. Aborn, 

George H. Sweetser, Harvey B. Evans, William W. Taft, Joseph Connell, 

George H. Smith, Junius Beebe, Richard Britton. 



There were then but about sixteen public roatls 
in South Reading. There was then but one single 
street opening or leading from Main street westerly, 
from the north end of Reading Pond to Maiden line ; 
and leading easterly there were but three within the 
same limits. These streets were generally narrow, 
crooked, poorly graded, and without sidewalks, ex- 
cept for a short distance on one side of Salem street, 
from the corner of Main street to the Baptist meet- 
ing-house, that stood where Sylvanus Clark former- 
ly resided. 

There was no town hall, meetings being held at 
the centre school-house, and in contested questions 
thev polled the house out-doors. There was no 
public library. The population of the town was 
about Soo. 

South Reading Common and Its Belongings. 

The present beautiful Common of Wakefield, 
with its waving elms, was in 1812 unfenced and 
ungraded ; an open ditch extended through one 
portion of it and in the central part was a hollow 
or basin, partially filled with stones, tin, cliips and 
other dfltris, in which the water stood at some sea- 
sons of the year, and where in the winter was quite 
a skating park. This basin was called " Ken's 
Pond," so named from Robert Ken, an early settler, 
who came here from Salem about the year t68o, 
and built a blacksmith's shop on the westerly side 
of it. 

There were then but three trees that we remem- 
ber, on the Common, — two ancient oaks, with huge 
trunks, whose tops had been broken and dismantled 
by the blasts of centuries, and one majestic elm. 
One of the oaks stood by the side of the road, near 
the corner of Main and Crescent Streets, and the 
other stood near where is now the Union Flag Staff"; 
and both of them in our youth, were the goals of 
the pla}'-ground, and trysting place of both )oung 
men and maidens ; and from both of them have we 
seen, hanging in effigy, public characters whose 
acts had rendered them obnoxious to the people. 
These oaks were subsequently cut down by order 
of the town. 

The great elm stood near what is now the New 
High School House, and was prostrated by the 
memorable gale of 181 i^. 

A tall "Liberty Pole" had long stood a few 
rods westerly of the Bryant House ; it was not 
planted in the ground, as is the present custom, but 
was supported by long braces, and transverse sleep 
ers ; and from its summit, on training days and 



other holidays, proudly floated that glorious Ensign 
that we then learned to love and admire. This pole 
was blown down on the wonderfully cold Friday 
of 1 8 10. 

On the spot vyhere years ago stood the blacksmith's 
shop of Abner B. Hart, was then a small low shop, 
occupied by Jeremiah Bryant, then and long after- 
wards the village blacksmith. Near it, a little 
farther west, was the gate of the old Burial Ground. 
This was the first burial place in which the early 
settlers of the town were interred. In 1S12, the 
grave stones, such as had not been broken down, 
were still standing at the graves to which they re- 
spectively belonged ; they having since been taken 
up, and now stand in a continuous row on the east- 
erly side of the yard. The oldest date upon these 
monuments is that of Capt. Jonathan Poole, who 
died in 167S, and the latest date is that of Joshua 
Gould, who died in 1772, with the inscription : 

"Not four years old before he found 

.\ vvat'ry grave, where he was drowned." 

A little west of the burial ground gate stood the 
small Engine House owned by the " Rejiul^lican 
Extinguisher " Engine Company, who, once a 
month, came out in a uniform of short white frocks 
and white overalls, made of Russia sheeting, and 
worked their tub at their pump on the Common, 
by hand power, and after returning to their house, 
they put on Steam power, and often poured out a 
fiery stream, that kindled such a flame of social 
enthusiasm, as the little Republican Extinguisher 
could not easily subdue. 

On the easterly side of the common, on the spot 
now occupied by the brick house of Ebenezer Wi- 
ley, was the Town Pound, in the rear of which 
was Eaton's Frog Pond, where the boys in winter 
learned to skate. A few rods southerly of the 
Pound, stood Rayner's hake-house, afterwarils made 
into a store, where Burnham and Rayner, Gardner 
and Hartshorne, Henry Knowles, and others suc- 
cessively traded, and which was burned a few years 
since. 

The High School Building lot on the corner of 
Common and Lafayette streets was purchased in 
1871, and in size is 146 x 204 feet, and containing 
2S,iS4sq. ft. Ground was broken September 16, 
1871. Dedication occurred October 10, 1S72. 

The History of Reading, by the Hon. Lilley 
Eaton, was published in 1S73. It embraces a very 
complete history of Wakefield from its settlement 
in 1639 to 1S73. 



THE FIRST DRUG STORE 
established between Maiden and HaverhUI. 

Old Corner Drug Store. 

...Established 1S47.... 

J. S. Bonne Y, Ph. G., Prop. 

Specialty : — 

Chemical Analysis. 




416 



Main St., Wakefield. 



Charles F. Oilman, 

••• ••• J^l]arii^cicist^ 

92 Railroad gt .-«'»* — -^ 

. . . Ojjposite Upi)er l)p|ini. 

— WAKEFIELD, MASS. 
♦ * * 

AGENT FOR LEADING BICYCLES. 

L. B. EvANS' Son, 

Manufacturer of 
Ladies', Misse,"!' and Children's 

SHOES AND 

SLIPPERS, 

SALEM STREET, 
Wakefield, . . . Mass. 



Drugs. 



5 



l'lulii|.t ;iihI r;iT-fruI .'itlflltinn jrivt'll tn 

^=— PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Kinc stnck TOILET ARTICLKS. 

^ W'l- draw tlie nioHt lielicidus jfhist* iif . . . 

SODA ill l.'H II U,r ■! Nii-ki-1. 



CIOARS, CONFECTIONERY. . . . 
OUR GOODS ARE A I . 



Clothey's Drug Store, 

380 Hain Street, Wakefield. 



WM. H. BROOKS, Registered Pharmacist. 
. . . Manai^t'v. . 



Drugfs. 



pine 3hoes,^^ 

BOOTS, RUBBERS, SLIPPERS, Etc., 
for all ye Men and Women. 

POINTERS:— ^ 

I. We make ."ihoes to order. 
•J. We do repairing: at lowef^t prieen. 
:>. Our styles are the latest. 

4. We are ajrents for Tims. Eniorsmrs .Sons' (.ieii- 
tlcnuMi's r>re<s slioes. 

i8®=- We solicit your patronage. 

IR. R. 1_INNE-L-L. 

410 Main Street, Wakefield. 

Tt)omcLS n. Dw^cr, 

Practical 
Plumber^*- 

.And Sanitary Engineer. 



1 -.'ive iny )>atn)ns the benefit ol an ex- 
tensive and snceessl'ul liusiness experi- 
eiiee. I ;riiiMantee to tfive satisfaelion to 
my cii-iliMinMs 

Office, 125 Albion Street, Wakefield. 



One Hundred Years Hence. 

" Stf.I' out on the hMlcon\-. Washington, and sijgnal 

the next hall(wn I 
I'm sure we've all readv and \vaitin<j ; t'vvont he 

here a minute too soon ; 
The last wouldn't stop to oret us, hut whizzed pro- 

voUinsjlv l)v. 
These conductors don't like descendinc; — we're 

only fi\e stories high — 
I must wind up the automatic servant, and set it at 

half-past six, 
Or we siian't have our supper readv when we get 

back — a nice fix 1 
Dear me, so manv things to think of, I never shall 

get awav ! 
Oin' ancestors had no such bothers; their house- 
keeping must have been plav. 
I wouldn't miss hearing the President's speech tor 

more than I can sav : 
Mv grandmother used to tell me — it seen.is but the 

other da\ — 
How the first woman chosen to the ofiice made her 

charmintr inaugural address 



Whose point and logic and fitness her opponents 

could nfit but confess — 
Ah ! those were the davs to live in ! one wearies of 

this dull life. 
Of the tiresome "rights" our grandmothers won 

by earnest and ceaseless strife. 
Hut the battle itself was worth fighting — 'twas jf)v 

such triumjDh to share ! 
Xow we've gained all we wanted and more too — 

there's nothing to-do or dare — 
We govern the state entireh ; our masculines seem 

content 
To plan machines and the like ; 'tis said we cannot 

invent. 
Now that I den\- ; m\' sisters, let us straightwav 

prove that we can, 
And wrest the last of his strongholds tVom that ar- 
rogant Iteing — man ! 
We'll take oui patents b\- scores,. — and beat his 

every one. 
We'll prove trunnphanlK \et. there's something 

new inider the sun — 
We'll get up a new air navigator that shall carry us 

straight to the moon. 
Well, now it's time to be starting : here is, at last, 

the balloon !" 



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RESIDENCE OF MR. DAVID H. DARLING, AVON STREET, WAKEFIELD, 



Geo. 0. Carpenter & Son. 



Geo. O. Cahi'ENTKR. Fred'k B. (jAitrENTEit. 



FIRE 

INSURANCE. 

j^ Central St., Boston. 



Represented in Wakefield by Mr. P. H. Southworth. 



O. A. Parker, D. D. S, 

432 Main Street, 

R. Pote Wait, 
Olin W. Cutter, 



ARCHITECTS. 



Mason BuiUHnp:, 70 Kilby Street, 

BOST<»N. 



FRED. D. ROBBINS, 

Settlement ♦ of ♦ Estates, 

110 Ames Building, Boston. 

Kstiil)li8hc(l 1S7L'. 

iA£7VT. B. JONES. 

MERCHANT : TAILOR, 

ALBION STREET, 
Satisfaction Guaranteed. WAKEFIELD. 



L. M. CAREY, 

398 Main St., . . Wakefield. 

EDWARD E. LEE, 

IIEALEU IS 

Groceries, Meats,¥egetables, Grain 

Cliiiice Confectionery, Cigars and Toliarco, Fancy Good;', ,Vi-. 
r\h\H ST., GREENWOOD. 

A. S. Atherton & Son, 

Dealers in 

M GROCERIES, 



Vi CROCKERY, 

WOODEN WARE, GRAIN, ETC- 

Estaiili:.hed 1S72. 34 ALBION ST., WAKEFIELD. 

AUSTIN L. MANSFIELD, 

Saving and Splitting U)ood a Specialt)^. 

A share of the public patrima^e is respectfully S()li{;itt'ii. 

Residence, 179 Lowell Street. 

Onler Box at Grocery Store of L. F,. Carter, An)i<in Street. ^ II 
orders lilled witli |)roni"ptTiess. 

JAS. LAHEY, 

Granite and Marble, Brown Stone, Blue Stone. 

GRANITE WORKS: 

NORTH CHEI.MSK()RI>, MA.S.S. • WAKEFIET.n, MASS. 

OAK GUOVE, >rAI.r)EN, MASS. 

Dealer in all Umls of 

■<^_Rough and Hammered Granite, 

steps. Fence Stone, Underpinning, Edge Stones, 
Window Sills, Flagging for Sidewalks, and every 
description of Block Paving 

WINDOW CAPS and SILLS constantly on hand. 
Building Trimmings, Etc. 

CEMETERY WORK A SPECIALTY. 

Monuments, Tablets, Curbing for Lots, Etc. 
ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR HEAVY FOL'XOATIONS. 

■:■ ■•■ OF=F=ICES : r r 

Oak Qrove, Maiden, Mass 

35 Hawley St., Boston, Mass. 

Telephone No. ISW. 

Granite Works at Oak (»rove. Maiden, MnBS., 
near II. R. Crossing. 



An Historic Spot. 

Thinking of the iemo\al in iSSo of tlie " Qiian- 
napowitt House," formerly so called, and other 
huildings on the westerly side of Main street, op- 
posite Wakefield's block, revives associations con- 
nected vv'ith the first settlement of this region. On 
this site, or near it, one of the best and earliest set- 
tlers of this old town, — Dea. William Cowdrev, — 
reared his humble dwelling, in 1643. He was a 
leading and influential man in the infant settlement, 
and the Town and County records still attest his 
clerklv skill and general ability. Dea. Cowdrey 
did not long remain on this location, but in a few 
years removed to what is now known as " Cow- 
drey's Hill," the old place passing into the hands 
of Rev. Samuel Haugh, the second minister of 
Reading, and descended to his son-in-law and 
daughter, Capt. Ephraim and Elizabeth Savage, 
and on their death about 1730, was inherited bv 



their daughter Mary, wife of Zachariali Tiescott, 
of Dorchester, who in 1 73S conveyed the estate to 
Timothy Bryant of the old resident stock. Mr. 
Bryant died in early life, and iiis large estate be- 
came divided, the northerly portion, now occupied 
by Dr. Richardson and others, remaining in his 
family, and the southerly portion, including the 
" Qiiannapowitt House," being purchased bv Mi- 
chael Sweetser, who almost immediately conveyed 
the same to Capt. Cornelius Wotton, a retired .sea- 
captain. On his death in 1771, his widow, Sarah 
Wotton, conveyed the estate of ten acres to Corne- 
lius Sweetser, who died on the place at a great age 
in 184^, and who is well-remembered bv the older 
residents of the town for his intelligence and eccen- 
tricities. Before his death he conveyed the hoine- 
stead to his grandson, .Stephen Sweetser. who occu- 
pied it many years. It was piuxhased by Cyrus 
Wakefield about twenty-nine years since, and sold 
bv his administrators to Dr. .S. O. Ricliardson. 




Wtley'5 Cove. Lake Quannapowitt. looking Northwest from Lakeside. 



These balmy days I sail for sport 

The Qiiannapowitt sea. 
Viewing old Reading on tlie port. 

Fair Wakefielii on tlie lee. 

The Island Grove in sunset light 

Looms beautiful and fair : 
The fire pines rear their stems of might. 

Like turrets in the air. 



Blow on free breeze, and bend tlie mast : 

Fill strong the snowy sail ; 
The rudtler-bands are sure and fast. 

We court the iiDitheru gale. 

Bear up, strong keel I the eagle's wing 
Flashes through glittering spray ; 

The golden stars in beauty swing 

Above the watery way. j. H. c. 



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JAMES A. DAY. 



We extend 

hearty congratulations to you on your anniversary, 
and shall be pleased to see you at the 

3tandard Clothing Co., 

395 Washington Street, 

-^^BOSTON. 



Mr. Jas, A. Day, 



who has so long represented the Standard Clothing 
Co., in Wakefield and vicinity, is a native, and has 
^^ been a life-long resident of Reading and Wakefield. 

His large personal following proves the esteem in 
which he is held in his native town. . . . 



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Origin of the Waltefieid Historical Society. 

On the seventeenth of January, 1890, there was 
issnetl a call for a meeting of all persons interested 
in the formation of an historical society in VVake- 
liekl, by publication in the local papers, as follows : 

A town, in the New England sense, is a little 
Republic in itself. While it is constantly reaching 
out, through the enterprise and activity of its citi- 
zens, and exerting an important influence on other 
towns and cities all over the land, it yet has an indi- 
yiduality and character peculiar to itself, the mass 
of its inhabitants remaining at home, and develop- 
ing an internal and sequestered life all its own. 
This municipal life and character is the result of 
various forces and conditions, as its location, topog- 
raphy, proximity to the sea, to a river or a large 
city, its early settlers, its industries, its schools, 
libraries and churches, its morality and patriotism, 
its newspapers, .societies and railroads, and the as- 
sociations and influences that come only with age. 
We may trace and verify the truth of these reflec- 
tions in this good old town of Wakefield. Settled 
in 1639, only a few years after the Pilgrim Fathers 
and Mothers disembarked on Plymouth Rock, and 
(inly nine years after the settlement of Boston, this 
municipality has nobly borne its part in the sacri- 
fices and achievements of 330 years, and has a his- 
tory well worth the telling. 

It is proposed to form an Historical Society in 
Wakefield, and not only rescue from oblivion what 
we may of ancient records, documents, portraits, 
implements, relics, and ■• the traditions of the el- 



ders," but also gather to ourselves such lessons of 
import as the Past may teach the Present. 

All ladies and gentlemen in Wakefield and vi- 
cinity interested in such n movement, as indicated, 
are invited to be present at a public meeting to be 
held on Thursday evening, January 23, at S o'clock, 
at the office of the Wakefield Citizen and Banner, 
to consider and act on the proposition to organize a 
Wakefield Historical Society. 



Franklin Poole, 
Edward Mansfield, 
Chas. A. Perkins, 
James F. Emerson, 
Chester W. Eaton, 
Rev. W. H. Williams, 
Edwin Sweetser, 
Everett G. Daland. 
Harry Foster, 
Will Everett Eaton, 
John Ravner, 
Edwin Sawyer, 
Frances E. Carlton. 



Fred W. Young. 
Thos. J. Skinner, 
Samuel K. Hamilton, 
Henry H. Savage, 
Geo. E. Ricker, 
A. S. Atherton, 
Edwm C. Miller, 
W. D. Deadman, 
A. A. Mansfield. 
C. F. Hartshorne. 
Chas. H. Magoon, 
William F. Young, 
Aaron Foster. 



Pursuant to this call several meetings were held 
and on February 30, the W.xkefief.d Historical 
Society was formally organized, witii thirtv-fi\-e 
members, a constitution adopted, and the first boaril 
of officers elected as follows : 

Preside)it, Chester VV. Eaton. 

( Edward Mansfield. 
( Theodore E. Balch. 
Recording Secrc/arv, Fred W. Young. 
Treasurer, Chas. F. Mansfield. 
Curator, Charles A. Perkins. 



I ice Pres'/s, 




RESIDENCE OF MAJOR WM. N. TYLER, PARK AVENUE. 



mm CONNELL, 



RELIHBI-E. SE7=?SONHBLE. 

I FOOTWEAR. I 

STYLISH. AaZHRRRNTED. 

Cor. Main and Hechanic Sts., Wakefield. 



ESTABLISHED 1863. 
• O • 



Ol-dest Grocery Concern. 

EVERETT W. EATON, 



Choice ^ P^amily ^ Groceries, 

Flour, Grain, Potatoes, Wheat Groats, Oatmeal, Canned Goods, Etc. 



Terms Cash 



COR. RAILROAD AND ALBION STS., opp. Depot. 




Reading's 



most remarkable achievement the past 250 years has been the 
production of the 

Hub Stoves .^^ Heaters, 

and of this the town has reason to be proud. 

These goods are used in every state in the Union, and have done more 
to advance the Science of Cooking and Heating than any other 
apparatus. The full line comprises 



Hub Ranges, Hub Parlor Stoves, 

Hub Fire Place Specialties, Hub Hot Air Furnaces, 

Hub Hot Water Heaters, Hub Oil Stoves, 



and the Celebrated. 



SANITAS PLUHBING APPLIANCES. 

OFFICES AND SALESROOMS, 

48, SO, 5S <5c 54 XJlSTIOISr ST., BOSTOIST- 

New York Branch, 56 Beekman St. Chicago Branch, 217 Lake St. 

Wakefield Agents, S. F. Littlefield & Co. 




Reminiscences of Rabbit island. 



More tlian slxtv veavs ago, when a bov from five 
to eight years old, there was a Fourth of July cele- 
bration on Rabbit Island, in old South Reading 
pond, near where are now the Boston Company's 
ice houses. The great event of the day was a big 
dinner, and I remember they had what I had never 
seen before — roast pigs — witii an ear of corn in the 
mouth of each pig, and tubs full of rum punch, 
and, I presume, the regular fish-fries, with new 
rum, cigars and pipes. The cigars were called 
long nines and sold twentv-five for ten cents. It 
was the rum punch and cigars that made us boys 
all sick, and makes me remember about the dinner, 
as we were given a glass of punch and one cigar 
each. We had to wailc in the water with trowsers 
up to the knees from Winn's sandv shore to get 
across to the Island or back again. When we re- 
turned we were all sick, and we thought we would 
strip ofl' our clothes and go in swimming, and per- 
haps get rid of our inside troubles ; but it was no 
use, we all had to " throw up Jonah " before we 
got anv relief. 

The Island is or was about 300 feet long and 
about 100 feet wide, antl is surrounded on the west 
and north sides bv bushes, brakes, mud and water, 
while at the south and east is the clear water of the 



pond. In the middle of the Island was a clearing 
among the trees and brush twenty or thirty feet 
wide, and running nearly the length of the Island 
from southeast to north^vest. On the south side 
under a bridge which appeared to answer all re- 
quirements for a fireplace the cooking was done. 
Thev had an old fashioned bake kettle with a bail 
to it and an iron cover, such as the old folks in that 
time had in which to bake their biscuit. In pre- 
paring for the fish-frv thev first fried out the salt 
pork and sliced the raw potatoes and then fixed the 
fish. Sometimes thev would have " Rabbit Island 
stew," made of pork, stewed potatoes, onions, 
pepper, salt, etc. ; of course thev had the rum and 
cigars. They had their dinners about once a week 
in the warm season — generallv Saturdav afternoon. 
The cooks were Bill Stimpson and John Gould, 
with about six invited guests, \\ ho did the fishing. 
One man was sent down to John Ravner's store to 
get what was wanted, and was alwavs reminded 
not to forget' the rum and cigars. The parties 
usually rowed up in small boats from Col. Harts- 
home's landing, who was in those days ;ibout the 
onlv one that sailed a boat on the pond, and it al- 
wavs appeared to be a great pleasure to him to take 
out parties for sailing or fisliing. There was no 
Fish Committee in those davs nor •' Rules and Reg- 
ulations for Fishing in Lake Qiiannajiiiwitt." 

Co\'E. 




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liruii anil Krass Foundries of ihe Smith & .\iuhony Compjiny, Wakefield, Mass., manufacturing the Cclelirated Hi'B Stoves, Ranges 
and Heaters, and Plumbing Specialties. Employing 200 men. Works estalilished in 1854. 



c. p. HML-eV, 



DKALKU IN 



Coal, •'• Wood, -t- [laL|,-'-Lin)e, 

AND CEHENT. 

Offices— 96 Railroad St., and Yard, 1 New Salem St. 

WAKEFIELD, WASS, 

L. E. HOWLETT, 

Aaniifactiirer cf 

■<^ Ladies' and Misses' 

White and Fancy Slippers, 

MECHANIC ST.. WAKEFIELD 

ID. ^W. HZUHSTT, 
FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVER. 

I make a specialty of Teaniin;; in all it.-^ liranclie?. 

99 ALBION ST., WAKEFIELD. 
EHTON'S 

Wakefield, Greenwood and Boston Express. 

OFFlt KS : 

:i4 and 35 Court Stiuare, iti Kilby and G" Franklin Streets. 

ORDKR BOXES:— 37 Nortli Market and 70 High Streets, Boston. 

Wakefield Oflice:— Main, eor. Cliestnut .Street. 

E. N. SMITH, 

l.EAI.EK IS 

Cigars, Tobacco and Smokers' Articles. 

FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, ETC. 

LUNCH AT ALL HOURS. OYSTERS IN THEIR SEASON 

454 Main Street, Wakefield. 

MAKKK OF 

ENGLISH AND AHERICAN HARNESSES. 

Collar.s Hade on the Premises. 
.\i.L Stable Requisites (.'Onstantlv on hand 

No. 125 Albion St., Wakefield. 



Successor to 

Lane & Newcomb. 

Artist in Crayon, Water Color and Pastel, 

irsA Tr.EnoNT 5T., bostois, aas.?. 

ROOM 1. 

FAIRBANKS & MACKENZIE, 

(ontractors fur 

HOUSE PAINTING .iid^P^liu. 

No. 1 1 Pearl St., Wakefield, Mass. 

p. O. BOX 347. 



.1. M. Fairbanks. 



D. Mackenzie. 



E.STABLISHED ISi-i.'! 

WAKEFIELD STEAM LAUNDRY, 

LINCOLN ST., WAKEFIELD. 

C. U. cox, PUOFKIKTOH. 



Estalili^lu'd l.'i.'q. 



JOHN FLANLEY, 



liEALEH IN 



EURNITURE, BEDDING, CARPETS, AND WALL PAPERS, 

UPHOLSTERY AND REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. 

('urtain and SIkkIl' work. Agent fur Kddy's Ktd riirt-rators. 

NO. 20 ALBION STREET, WAKEFIELD. 

CHAS. A. GARDNER, 
FLORIST. 



No. 86 PLEASANT STREET, 

Near licad ot Lawrenri' street. 

* * » 

Grower and dealer in all kinds of Choice Cut Flowers and 
Decorative Pl.-ints. Wedding and Funeral Flowers, and Floral 
Designs for all occasions. Take electric cars and get off at 
Lawrence street. 

C. LATIMER, 

I'ltDI'RIKTOI! OF 

BMRSTOiAZ'S 

Wakefield, Greenwood and Boston Express. 

Business Estalilislied Fortv Years Ago. 



...OFFICES: 



Wakkfield:— (i Alliiciii stieet 

ISosToN :— in.i Arcli strrct, I:i Fancuil Hall Market, 7."i Iligli Street, 

!.■> Devonsliire stiiTl, 174 Waslilngton street, 
(■uods f<»rwanied to i\uy part of tlie United States or Canada. 
Specialty made ol" local jold.ing; ijiano, furniture moving, etc. 

LHTITVTER'S X. 



Celebration Hymn. 

SETTLERS' DAY, MAY 28th, 1894. 

Since Wakefield joined with Reading's hosts 

To celebrate their natal day 
With music, speech, and flags unfurled. 

Full fifty years have passed away. 

And now again the people join 

To mark the swift revolving years ; 

Their stores, and shops, and farms they leave. 
And to the winds give cares and fears. 

Borne on the fragrant airs of May 

What joyous sounds are these I hear.'' 

It is the music of the bands 
Parading slowlv far and near. 

The long procession through the streets 
With many banners moves along ; 

And orators with silver tongues. 

Speak words both beautiful and strong. 

Thev tell how our forefathers came 
Ami dwelt on Qiiann.ipowitt's shore ; 

Of their hard struggles day and night. 

To keep the grim " wolf" frojn tlie door. 

Of all their deeds by faith performed 

For Truth, Religion, and Free Speech ; 



For Liberty, and Equal Rights, — 
Which blessings down the ages reach. 

And then in glowing describe 

The progress of this ancient town. 
In growth, attractiveness, and wealth, — 

Which has to us brought high renown. 

Sweet music floats upon the breeze 
From many voices, voimg and old ; 

While friend greets friend in joyous mood. 
And tales of yore again are told. 

But let us pause and bring to inind 
Our friends who in these fifty vears 

Have passed beyond the bounds of time — 
Beyond the smiling and the tears. 

Oiu" soldiers who on southern fields 

Before the rebels firmlv stood. 
And gave their lives amid the strife. 

For Union and our coimtrv's good. 

When fift\' years again have fled. 
And people meet again once more, 

To keep their tri-ccnteiniial dav, 

Shall we iiave reached the shining shore.' 

Or shall we still be toiling on 

Amid the changing scenes of time — 

Calmly awaiting foi' the call 

To brighter scenes in worlds Mililime.'' 

.Samuel L. White. 









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Main Street. Wakefield. looking westward across Quannapowitt Lake toward Reading. 



Choice Real Estate 

Overlooking Lake Quannapowitt, 
"^^ Offered for Sale by 

John Q. Aborn, 

246 Main St., cor. White Ave., Wakefield, 



A pdrtion of the estate of the late John White (known as the 
old White house). Thirty to Hfty thousand square feet (more 
or less) situated 150 feet on Main street, .and northerly by Aborn 
avenue. The choice lot. 

House lots on White avenue from Main to Pleasant street. 

The above lots are every one high and dry and perfect as to 
location. 

Also lots on .Aborn avenue from Main to Vernon street. 

.Also on Pleasant street, and many others connected with the 
above; they at:e all near and east of Park extension and Lake 
(,)uannapowitt, and west of Boston and Maine Railroad, to New- 
buryport branch. 

.Also house, stal)le and land I 3-4 acres, 25x11 1-2 rods on 
Cordis, School and Central streets. 

.Also 2 1-2 .acres lot of land opposite the above on north side 
of Cordis street, near Lake Quannapowitt. An excellent lot. 

Also land on corner of .Sweetser and School streets Sxi i rods. 
.And corner lot on Cordis and Court streets 10x14 rods. 

either engraved or printed, 
go to the well-known es- 
tablishment of ... . 

^^5. B. Dearborn, 

14 Bromfield St., Boston. 

Residence, 14 Park St., Wakefield 

R.stablished in iS72 

M. A. CHESLEY, 
^TiET.-lIL GllOCEB.^ 

67 Albion St., Wakefield. 

Established 1832 

WM. B. PRESTON & SON, 

MamilaiMiirfr- m| ;iiiii l)c;iU-i'^ in 

Patent Balances, Platform k Counter Scales 

OF EVERY VARIETY 

Butcliursi' .Siipi(lie.s of all kiiuls, Weigliinj^ Apparatus Repaired 
ami Scales cxclmiij^oii. 

160 Blackstone St. BOSTON. 91 Union Street. 



l'K.\l,I-,K IN 

Cigars, Tobacco & Smokers' Articles, 

FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, Etc. 
I.ITNt'll AT .\1,I. HOURS (iVSTKKS IN TKKIH SKASON. 

4S4 Main Street, Wakefield. 

JOS. A. O'LEARY, M. D., 

PHYSICIAN. 

RESIDENCE, . . . 

77 ALBION ST., WAKEFIELD. 

OFFICE HOURS : 3 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. 




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1861. 



CUTLER BROS. 

WllOI.KSAl.E AN1> KKTAII. 



1894. 



GROCERS, 

AMJ DEALKllS I.N 

H.ny, drain. Straw, Farm and Poultry Supplies, Field anil tiar- 
den Seeds, Paints and Painters' -Supplies, 
(."rockery Ware. F.tc. 
Proi.rietnrs of tlip ccli'lpratiMl 

"BELLE OF WAKEFIELD" FLOUR. 



Cor. Main and Water Sts., Wakefield. 

GEO. E. SMITH, 
Contractor and Builder, 

40 Elm Street, Wakefield. 



South Reading Liberty Association. 

Verv few among the rising generation will see 
anvtlilng familiar in the name at the head of this 
article, hnt fortv vears ago it meant an active and 
influential organization in this town, that did its 
]3ait in moulding and fostering the anti-slavery sen- 
timent which grew against all opposition, imtil 
Mason and Dixon's line was wiped out, and LIB- 
ERTY prevailed from the St. Croix to the Rio 
Grande. 

The " Lihertv Association" was organized in 
1843, and adopted the following 

Preamble. 

" We, the subscribers, conceiving that .Slavery 
being a mc/a/ aiu\ political evil ^ shoidd be removed 
bv moral and political action, and not perceiving 
the wisdom or the consistencv of continuing to act 
with parties, which, as parties, are pro-slavei'v, 
hereby associate ourselves for the purpose of more 
etlectuallv doi?io' soi?iet/iiiig' in behalf of Iiuinan 
rights." 

The first board of officers of the society was as 
follows : President, Jacob Eaton ; Secretary, 
Franklin Poole; Treasurer, Joseph D. Mansfield; 
Executive Committee, E. S. Upham, George H. 
Wiley, Paul Sweetser, Joshua Green, Stephen 
Floyd, David .Smith, Henry Gray, Caleb Eaton. 

The influence of this organization was very soon 



t'elt in the community. The members were very 
much in earnest. From the record of one of their 
earlier meetings we make this extract : '' In course 
of the remarks, it having been suggested that we 
could accomplish something if we were to trv, it 
was 

Resolved, That we zv/11 try." 

Public meetings were often held with addresses 
by zealous speakers, and in caucus and town meet- 
ing the "Liberty" men made themselves known 
by voice and vote. 

The first important local victory of the new party 
was obtained in the fall of 1S46, when Franklin 
Poole, Esc[., was chosen Representative to the 
General Coiu't on the third ballot. Following is a 
statement of the voting : 

First ballot — James Oliver (Whig), 127; Sam- 
uel Kingman, (Democrat), 70; Franklin Poole 
(Liberty), 72. 

.Second ballot — Oliver, 127: Kingman, 31; 
Poole, 100. 

Third ballot — Oliver, 119; Kingman, i; Poole, 

147- 

The last paragraph foimd in the records of the 

Association is as follows : 

" A Liberty convention met in Boston in the fall 

of '48, and voted to merge the Liberty party in the 

Free Democracy or Free Soil party founded at 

Buffalo. Consecjuentlv the farther doings of the 

Liberty men will be found in those of the Free 

.Soil party." 




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Wakefield — Old and New. 



It is a long, long time since our forefathers and weekin, sometime of Rumney Marsh, and Abigail 



their families came up from Lynn, Charlestown, 
and Watertown, and erected their log-houses on the 
margins of our lakes and the neighboring hill- 
slopes. It is hard to realize that many generations 
have lived and labored, fought and flourished, and 
had their day, before the present generation came 



Kunkshamooshaw, wife of David, and Cicely, n/ias 
Su George, ye reputed daughter of old Sagamore 
George, and James Quonopohit, of Natick, a/ias 
Rumney Marsh, and Mary, his wife. 

Sundry inhabitants of Lynn petitioned the Colony 
Court for a place for an inland habitation at the 



on the scene to possess a land and institutions head of their bounds, and in 1639 ^^^ Court 
prepared for them, with all the comforts and privi- granted the petition, and gave the town of Lynn 
leges of the glorious nineteenth century. Truly, '■ four miles square at the head of their bounds, or 
" other men have labored, and we have entered into so much thereof as the place could afford, upon 
their labors." condition that the petitioners shall within two years 

It must have been not far from two hundred and make some good proceeding in planting, so as it 
sixty years ago that the first adventurous spirits may be a village, fit to contain a convenient number 
pushed out from the of inhabitants, which 

may in due time have a 
church there, and so as 
such as shall remove to 
inhabit there shall not 
withal keep their ac- 
commodations in Lynn 
after their removal to 
the said village, upon 
pain to forfeit their in- 
terest in one of them at 
their election." There- 
upon the settlement be- 
gan in earnest, the 
region taking the name 
of Lynn Village, and in 
1644 was duly incorpor- 
ated as the town of 
Redding. The loca- 
tions of the early settlers 
were mostly on what is 
now the center of Wake- 
field, between or near 
the lakes, and on the slopes of the adjacent high- 
lands. The forefathers, having erected their hum- 
ble dwellings and built a church and a iiiill, had 
laid in faith and works the foundation of a munici- 
pality which should grow better and handsomer 
with age, and last while towns endure. 

The names of these first citizens of the old town 
I )eeds at Salem. This famous instrument was reveal their English origin, and are still borne by 
dated Sept. 4, 1686, and the consideration named many leading families of the region, and are as 
was ten pounds and si.xteen shillings. It was follows: — 

signed by David Kunkshamooshaw, grandson to Nicholas Krown, Thomas Clark, John Damon, 

old Sagamore George No Nose, n/ias \\'enepaw- William Cowdrey, George Davis. Robert Dunton, 



scattered settlement by 
the sea in ancient Lynn, 
to occupy the pleasant 
hunting grounds of the 
Saugus Indians in the 
region we now call 
Wakefield. The early 
days were full of danger 
from hostile beast and 
savage man, but the 
pioneers of that time 
were men cast in a 
rugged mould, and of 
the same stern stuff that 
in England " trampled 
down king, church, and 
aristocracy," and in 
Scotland bade defiance 
to persecutors, and sang 
Covenanters' hymns 
among their native 
mountains. They were 
full of principle and prayer, and ready to do and 
dare. They were able to protect themselves from 
the wild beasts, and lived peaceably with the neigh- 
boring Indians, agreeing with them to buy their 
land, which bargain was later consummated by the 
execution and delivery of the famous " Indian 
deed," which is duly recorded in the Registry of 




INDIAN CAVE 
On land formerly of Dr. John Hart, now of Mr. C. W. Eaton. 



Samuel Dunton, Josiah Dustin, Jonas Eaton, Wil- 
liam Eaton, Zachary Fitch, Isaac Hart, Thomas 
Hartshorne, William Hooper, Thomas Kendall, 
John Laukin, Thomas Marshall. William Martin, 
John Pearson, John Poole, Thomas Parker, Francis 
Smith, John Smith, Jeremy Swayne, Thomas 
Taylor, Edward Taylor, Richard Walker, Samuel 
Walker, and John Wiley. 

The town as first incorporated included what 
is now Wakefield and Reading. In 1651 a second 
grant of two miles square was made to the town of 
Reading, and included, substantially, what is now 
North Reading. In 17 13 the inhabitants of the 
last-named territory, '• having become of sufficient 
and competent numbers to call, settle, and main- 
tain a godly, learned, orthodo.x minister," were 
incorporated as a distinct parish by the name of the 
North Precinct of 
Reading, the remain- 
ing portion of the town 
being known as the 
First Parish. In 1769, 
the northwesterly part 
of the First Parish, the 
part then called \\'ood- 
end, was incorporated 
by the name of the 
West Parish of Read- 
ing, forming the nu- 
cleus of the present 
town of Reading. In 
1812 the old town was 
divided, and the First 
or South Parish, then 
commonly known as 

the Old Parish, including the present territory of 
Wakefield, was incorporated as a new town with 
the name of South Reading. 

From this point the town took a new departure 
in steady growth and prosperous development, 
until, in 1844, it had nearly doubled the number of 
its inhabitants and the value of its property. Dr. 
John Hart, the local magistrate, a physician of skill 
and an extensive land owner, was a leading man of 
the town during this last-named period. 

On the 29th of May, 1844, occurred an historical 
episode worthy of notice. The people of the three 
towns included within the limits of ancient Read- 
ing, putting away all jealousies and heart-burnings, 
united in a grand celebration of the bi-centennial 
anniversary of the incorporation of the old town. 




THE OLD POUND. 



The exercises were held in the village of the West 
Parish, and included a brilliant military and civic 
display, with an excellent address by Rev. Dr. 
James Flint, a gifted son of the North Parish, an 
appropriate poem by Hon. Lilley Kiton, of the 
South Parish, replete with sparkling humor, racy 
anecdote, and historical reminiscence, and con- 
cluding with a bountiful banquet in a spacious 
p.ivilion erected for the purpose. It was a day to 
be remembered for its cloudless beauty, the glad 
enthusiasm of the people, and the complete success 
of the celebration. This year ( 1844) was remark- 
able also for the location and construction of the 
Boston & Maine Railroad through the west center 
of the town, displacing the old Boston stage that 
had for so many years supplied the wants of the 
" travelling public " : but now, after nearly half a 

century of rapid tran- 
sit, electric street cars 
are running over the 
same route to Boston 
formerly traversed by 
Flanders's tallyho. 

Following the open- 
ing of the steam rail- 
road, the town rapidly 
adwanced in material 
prosperity. There 
came large additions of 
business, wealth, and 
good citizens. Old in- 
dustries, like the boot 
and shoe manufacture 
and others, felt a fresh 
impulse and expansion, 
while new business enterprises, notably the iron 
foundry and the rattan works, were soon launched, 
and under sagacious management steadily grew 
unto assured success. Oas for lighting streets and 
houses was introduced in town in i860, by the 
Citizens' Gas Light Company, and its pipes ex- 
tended also to Stoneham and Reading. 

\\'ithin a few years an electric plant has been 
added to the works of the company, and electricity 
for illumination is now supplied for Wakefield, and 
electric power for street railways and other pur- 
poses. The town of Wakefield has voted to pur- 
chase the gas and electric works of the company, 
and negotiations for the completion of the trans- 
action are now pending. 

In 186 1 the course of peaceful prosperity was 



interrupted by the great Rebellion, in which the 
sons and daughters of South Reading nobly bore 
their part in sacrifices of property, lacerated hearts, 
and the best blood of many of the number. 

'I"he years succeeding the war was a period of 
wonderful growth and progress. .A.11 the industries 
flourished, people flocked to the town, real estate 
advanced in price, graceful dwellings and business 
structures rose on every hand. 

In 1868 the town changed its name. The in- 
habitants had long felt the desire for a name more 
simple and euphonious, an identity more clear and 
distinctive. At this time the late Cyrus Wakefield, 
Sr., a liberal citizen of the town, descended from 
one of its older families, 
came forward and uncondi- 
tionally offered the town the 
princely gift of a new and 
costly town hall. A town 
meeting was called, and in 
accepting this opportune do- 
nation, the voters resolved 
that the time had come to 
change the name of the 
town, and, with unanimity 
and acclamation, voted in so 
doing to honor the name of 
their friend and benefactor. 

The authority of the Gen- 
eral Court was invoked, and 
by its aid, on the i st of 
July, 1 868, the town e.x- 
changed its endeared name 
of South Reading for the 
new and significant name of 
Wakefield. 

The inaugural exercises 
were held on the Fourth of 

July, 1868. The day was an occasion of double 
celebration. Bells rang in the day, cannon awoke 
patriotic echoes, fluttering flags, wreathed mottoes, 
and decorated arches appealed to eye and memory ; 
band concerts tempered and refined enthusiasm 
with the rhythm and melody of music ; a long 
procession gave nearly every one active participa- 
tion in the celebration ; an historical address elo- 
quently blended the stirring memories of the past 
and present ; a sparkling poem added the blossoms 
and fragrance of wit and fancy to the occasion. 

The grand celebration dinner in the mammoth 
tent upon the Common, made brilliant by the flash 




HON. LILLEY EATON, 

Author of the History of Reading 



of wit and sentiment, was a notable feature of the 
occasion. The excessive heat that prevailed was 
the only drawback to the full enjoyment of the 
festivities of the day. Races upon the lake afforded 
pleasurable excitement, and the day was closed by 
the roar of artillery and the explosion of fireworks 

The promised town hall was erected in due 
time, and, with a suitable lot of land, was presented 
to the town, with impressive dedicatory exercises on 
the 22d of February, 187 1, and is the same splendid 
edifice now used by the town for municipal pur- 
poses, and located at the corner of Main and Water 
Streets. 

Until comparatively recent years the town was 
entirely without any adequate 
printed history of itself. In 
1865 such a work was pro- 
jected. By invitation of 
many prominent gentlemen, 
supplemented by a vote of 
the town, the late Hon. 
Lilley Eaton \yas induced to 
undertake the congenial ser- 
vice. This labor of love 
grew upon his hands, as his 
design for the book enlarged, 
to embrace in its scope the 
whole territory and people 
of ancient Reading. His 
sudden death in January, 
1872, left the work nearly 
but not fully completed. A 
committee, of which John S. 
Eaton, Esq., was the efficient 
chairman, acting under au- 
thority of the town, carried 
forward the work to its 
proper end, and in 1874 was 
printed at the town's expense, the "Genealogical 
History of the Town of Reading, Mass., including 
the Present Towns of \^■akefield, Reading, and 
North Reading, with Chronological and Historical 
Sketches from 1639 to 1874." This volume is 
octavo in size, contains eight hundred and fifteen 
pages, embellished with fifty portraits and engrav- 
ings. 

The matter of a public water supply has greatly 
interested the people of Wakefield in recent years. 
On May 4, 1872, the Quannapowitt Water Company 
was incorporated for furnishing Wakefield and 
Stoneham with water for fire and domestic purposes. 



5S^5i'i^'';.4. . 



from Crystal and (^uannapowitt Lakes. The name 
was subsequently changed to Wakefield Water 
Company. This corporation slumbered for about 
nine years, but in iScSi it made a proposition to the 
town of Wakefield to supply its inhabitants with 
water to be taken from Crystal Lake. After much 
discussion, some equity suits in the Supreme Court, 
and many town meetings, the town and water com- 
pany made a water contract, and before the close 
of the year 1883, an aqueduct system, having its 
source in the pure waters of Crystal Lake, was in 
successful operation in Wakefield and Stoneham. 

Should this vast reservoir of water, which is fed 
by cool subterranean springs, for any reason be in- 
sufficient as a water supply, recourse can be had to 
the larger Lake Quan- 
napowitt, co v e r i n g 
about two hundred and 
sixty-four acres near 
the heart of the town. 
A popular movement is 
now in progress by the 
inhabita'nts of Wake- 
field and Stoneham to 
purchase of the water 
company its franchise 
and works, and supply 
pure water, a priceless 
boon, to the people of 
the two towns, without 
the intervention of cor- 
poration or contractor. 

In former years the 
boundary line between 
Wakefield and Stone- 
ham was within a stone's throw of the upper depot 
of the Boston & Maine Railroad ; and, on petition to 
the Legislature, a considerable tract of the territory 
of Stoneham, in this region — including one him- 
dred and ninety acres — was in 1856 set off and 
annexed to Wakefield, with general acquiescence. 
As years passed by, Wakefield grew largely toward 
the west, and quite a number of houses were found 
to be over the line in Stoneham, but occupied by 
people whose interests and affiliations were mostly 
on the Wakefield side, their homes being much 
nearer the schools, churches, stores, post office, and 
depots of Wakefield than those of Stoneham. 
Therefore, on petition of these residents of the bor- 
der land, the General Court, in 1889, set off to 
Wakefield another strip of land, containing one 



hundred and forty-two acres, from the easterly por- 
tion of Stoneham. The territory thus annexed in- 
cluded sixty-two inhabitants and eighteen houses, 
with a real estate valuation of forty thousand 

dollars. 



Topography and Situation. 



" Where ancient Reading's slopes of green 
Outspread her lovely lakes between, — 
On level plain and hill's fresh crown 
Stands Wakefield's fair, historic town." 

Wakefield possesses rare charms in natural scen- 
ery, and a location especially favorable and conven- 
ient. Her territory 
contains four thousand 
five hundred and sixty- 
eight acres, with a 
surface romantically 
diversified by hill and 
N'alley, groves and lake. 
The central village oc- 
cupies a plain between 
two lakes, and running 
up the gentle slopes of 
Shingle Hill on the 
east, and Cowdrey's 
Hill and Cedar rtill on 
the west. The larger 
lake, — Quannapowitt, 
— is a beautiful sheet 
of water, containing 
two hundred and sixty- 
four acres, extending 
northerly to the borders of Reading, and much 
enjoyed for its yachting and fishing privileges. Its 
outlet is Saugus River, forming the boundary be- 
tween Wakefield and Lynnfield, and flows south- 
easterly to the sea, emptying its waters into Lynn 
Harbor. Crystal Lake, just south of the center, 
contains, by estimation, sixty-four acres, but is re- 
markably deep, and its waters not excelled in purity 
by any lake-source of water supply in the State. 
The outlet is a small stream, flowing eastwardly to 
Saugus River, and in other years has been found 
sufficient to furnish water power for grist-mills and 
saw-mills. On this little " Mill River " was built 
the first corn-mill of the town, at the very place now 
occupied by the Wakefield Rattan Works. Follow- 
ing alone; the vallev of this stream, about a mile 




THE EATON HOMESTEAD. 



southeasterly from Wakefield, it expands into a 
fertile and peopled plain, forming the pleasant out- 
lying village and school district of Woodville. The 
central valley of the town extends southerly below 
Crystal Lake, and there is discovered Wakefield's 
most flourishing suburb, the village of Greenwood, 
with depot, chapel, and schools. The highlands to 
the west of the center, now known to the world as 
\\'akefield Park, are very attractive for residences, 
furnishing many prospects of picturesque beauty. 
Along the easterly border of Lake Quannapowitt 
are home sites not less delightful, and there are to 



afforded near the close of an autumn day, as one, 
standing on the Park, glances across the upper lake 
and along its leafy margin, and observes how the 
gorgeous colors of the western sky are reflected in 
the placid waters, and blended with exquisite effect 
with the sober tints of the verdure and lily pads, 
and the flaming hues of the maple and sumac, while 
the white wings of a yacht becalmed or the lazy 
gliding of a canoe add a peculiar charm to the allur- 
ing panorama. The artistic eye is still further 
delighted by a glimpse, here and there, of an an- 
cient domicile, a mossy slab in the old burial ground, 




RESIDENCE OF MR. PETER S. ROBERTS. 



be seen many tasteful and elegant dwellings. On 
the eastern plains, toward Lynnfield, is the thriving 
village of Montrose, with a school, chapel, engine 
house, and railroad station. 

The Central Park of Wakefield is one of her 
chief glories. Beginning at the very center of the 
town, by the frowning Rockery, the Park, at first 
narrow, expands toward the north, and, stretching 
away from the hum of industry and the dust of 
traffic, extends with its noble elms, its shady 
avenues, and green beauty, to the shores of Quan- 
napowitt and still on by the easterly border of the 
lake for nearly a mile. No more lovely scene in 
nature could be presented to the eye than is often 



or a patch of the primeval forest. It is not surpris- 
ing that on these pleasant lake shores and com- 
manding highlands, east and west, are to be found 
the most tasteful and elegant residences of the town. 
The neighboring waters are favorite resorts for the 
healthful recreations of sailing, fishing, and swim- 
ming in summer, and skating and ice boating in 
the winter season. 



Pre-Historic Signs. 



Though the axe and the ploughshare of the 
English settlers, pushing out from Lynn to " the 
head of their bounds," were first seen in the wilds 



of this town in 1639, evidences abound that for 
centuries before the American red men of the Sau- 
gus tribe found in this region their favorite haunts. 
The water privileges of this region, in later times so 
highly prized, were also irresistible attractions to 
the dusky men of the early days. The great ponds 
now known as Lake Quannapowitt and Crystal Lake, 
and the small streams, now dignified with the 
names of Saugus River and Mill River, were like 
magnets to draw the red men to their banks, where 
even now the intelligent searcher may any day find 
abundant traces of the aborigines only a few inches 
beneath the soil, in the shape of hatchets, arrow- 
heads, knives, pestles, hammers, remnants of pottery, 
and various implements of stone and bone, fashioned 
with the curious skill of a lost art. 

Enthusiastic and patient explorers beneath the 



slope of Cowdrcy's Hill, and near liarehill Brook at 
the northwest, on the banks of Saugus River on the 
east, and on the plains of Greenwood, near the Pit- 
man estate, at the south. 



JEcclesiastical. 

The First Congregational Church. 

It was in 1644 that the first steps were taken 
towards founding a church in this region, being in 
the same year the town of " Redding " was incor- 
porated. 

The early settlers were English immigrants, and 
they found their way hither from Lynn and other 
towns. They were not unlike the Puritans, who, 
about a score of years previous to that time, had 
landed on Plymouth's shore, for no sooner had 




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THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 



surface of things have been rewarded by the dis- 
covery of numerous specimens of the rude skill of a 
pre-historic race, and in Wakefield may be found 
many large and valuable collections of these durable 
memorials. A comparison of results from these in- 
vestigations affords satisfactory proof that in what is 
now the center of Wakefield were located, perhaps 
for centuries, the villages of Indians, who hunted 
deer and trapped rabbits in the adjacent forests, 
and in our brooks and lakes fished for trout, pick- 
erel, and bass, without fear of fish committee or 
statute law. Evidences are conclusive that the 
wigwams of Indian homes were once thickly placed 
on the solid land between Quannapowitt and Crys- 
tal Lakes, and the plain westerly of the new upper 
station of the Pjoston & Maine Railroad, on the 



they chosen this region as their abiding place than 
they took immediate steps towards forming a church. 
It is probable that their first meeting-house was 
erected in 1644, near the present location of the 
post office. The principles of the creed and cove- 
nant which they formulated and which were used 
by their successors for over a century were Con- 
gregational in faith. They have until now served as 
polity of the churcli, with few e.\ceptions, where slight 
changes have been made. During the church's 
history over two thousand persons have sought 
refuge in its spiritual precincts, and there are at 
present about four hundred persons on its member- 
ship roll. 

The First Parish has been associated with the 
Congregational Church ever since the organization 



of the latter, and has constantly been of material 
aid to the church, in providing the means for its 
activity and usefulness. 

The houses of worship which have witnessed the 
meetings of the parishioners, and heard within their 
walls the supplications of the generations of the 
past, have been three in number. The first build- 
ing was that erected very soon after the settlement 
of the town. It was probably of rude structure, 
and could it be seen to-day, as it stood then, there 
would, perhaps, be doubts manifested as to its being 
properly named. Neverthless, it served for over 
forty years, and in 1688 a new structure was built 
very near the site of the present church. The 
edifice was adorned with a steeple and provided 
with a bell in the year 1727, after being enlarged, 
and served as a house of worship until 1768, when 
the third church edifice was erected. A change was 
made in this building in 1859 by turning it around, 
remodelling it, rebuilding a spire, and placing a 
clock on its tower. It was not until June, i8go, 
that it received further attention, when it was de- 
molished to make way for the present stately and 
graceful house of enduring granite, supplied with 
every modern appliance and convenience, its tower 
and turrets pointing toward heaven. The new 
stone church is of Monson granite in two colors of 
gray, and is in style a simple, harmonious develop- 
ment of the Piyzantine-Romanesque, in which form 
and color, rather than elaborate detail, are relied 
upon for architectural effect. 

There have been fifteen pastors of the Congre- 
gational Church, the names of whom with respective 
terms of service are presented herewith : 

Rev. Henry Green . . . 1645 — 1648 

Rev. Samuel Haugh . . . 1650 — 1662 

Rev. John Brock . . . . 1662 — 1688 

Rev. Jonathan Pierpont . . 1689 — 1709 

Rev. Richard Brown . . . 17 12 — 1732 

Rev. William Hobby . . 1733 — 1765 

Rev. Caleb Prentice . . . 1769 — 1803 

Rev. Reuben Emerson . . 1804 — 1860 

Rev. Alfred Emerson . . 1845 — 1853 

Rev. Joseph D. Hull . . . 1853—1856 

Rev. Joseph B. Johnson . 1857 — 1860 

Rev. Charles R. Bliss . . 1862—1877 

Rev. David N. Beach . . 1879—1884 

Rev. William H.Brodhead . 1886— 1887 

Rev. Robert W. Wallace . 1888 — 1893 

The Congregational Church has reared worthy 



daughter.s, who have since thrived and are now 
steadily growing in strength. The Congregational 
Churches at Lynnfield and North Reading are the 
oldest daughters of the Wakefield Church. They 
were established in 1720. Nine years later, a 
colony was sent to Stoneham, and in 1733, the 
Wilmington Church was formed. The most notice- 
able departure of the old church's offspring was 
that of the Old South, organized in Reading or 
"Wood End," as it was called, in 1770. In its 
withdrawal from its native home, eighty-eight 
members severed their connection with the mother 
church. 



The Baptist Church. 

The origin of the Baptist society in town reaches 
back a century, and came not suddenly, but from 
small beginnings. It was the result of a slow but 
steady movement on the part of earnest men and 
women, who were anxious to obtain knowledge ni 
Christianity, and who desired to be benefited by 
the rewards given to faithful and earnest followers 
of the Lord and wished to help others. 

History tells us that in 1797 the Baptist society 
was organized in town. Its formation was the out- 
come of a marked spiritual revival, which for quite 
awhile previous to that date had existed in this 
locality. .About 1789 the Congregational Church of 
Reading experienced a religious revival, at which 
several young people from the south part of the 
town, now Wakefield, showed much interest by 
attending and taking an active part in the meetings. 
In the fall of that year, the young persons of this 
vicinity organized Sunday evening meetings, and in 
all probability these were the first regular evening 
meetings of the kind ever held in this place. As a 
result of the meetings, several persons were spiritu- 
ally impressed, and many were baptized by immer- 
sion in Reading Pond. About all of the early 
Baptists were received into the fellowship of 
churches located in what are now Boston. Arlington, 
and Woburn, but a larger number united with the 
church at the latter place until the formation of a 
church in South Reading. 

Previous to 1789, there were frequent lectures and 
sermons in this locality, and, according to the early 
history, the first Baptists known to have lived here 
resided in town in the year 1775. The evening 
meetings, however, previous to the formation of the 
society, were not held entirely under the auspices of 



tlie Baptists, l)ul llicy were opened to all who 
desired spiritual help, and who were willing to seek 
the gospel and sing jjraises and ])salnis at eventide. 

The first Baptist churcii in this town was founded 
in the year 1S04. 

Following are the names of successive pastors with 




THE BAPTIST CHURCH. 



the dates of installation and of 
respectively : — 

Rev. Ebenezer Nelson . 
Rev. Gustavus F. Davis 
Rev. Joseph A. Warne 
Rev. James Huckins 
Rev. Isaac Sawyer, Jr. 
Rev. Charles Miller . 
Rev. Larkin D. Cole 
Rev. Charles Evans 
Rev. Paul S. Adams 
Rev. Daniel W. Phillips, D. 1 
Rev. George Bullen, D D. 
Rev. James W. Wilmarth, D. 
Rev. Richard M. Nott . . 
Rev. Charles Keyser, D. D. 
Rev. R. R. Riddell, D. D. 
Rev. Roland D. Grant . . 
Rev. Noah R. Everts . . 



dismissal or death 



D, 



1804- 
1818- 
1829- 
1832- 

•835- 
1838- 

1840- 
1842- 
1844- 
1850- 
1864- 
J867- 
1872- 

•87s- 
1878- 

1883- 

1888- 



-1815 
-1829 
-1830 

-1833 
-183S 
-1838 
-1842 

-1844 
-1848 
-1863 
-1866 
-1869 
-1874 
-1877 
-1882 
-1888 



have been as follows. The first edifice was con- 
structed on land lately owned by Mr. Sylvanus 
Clark on Salem Street. It was removed to Main 
Street in 1820, on land now owned by James H. 
Carter, Esq., and, after being remodelled, was used 
until 1835, ^^'hen it was destroyed by fire. A new 
church was immediately built on the same site. It 
was enlarged in 1853, but was also burned to the 
ground in 187 i. A lot of land was then purchased 
by the church at the corner of Lafayette and Main 
Streets, and work on the present church was com- 
menced. The church was finished and dedicated 
in 1872. The building is of Romanesque order, 
beautiful for architecture, a commodious and splen- 
did house of worship. Its lofty spire is one hun- 
dred and eighty feet in height, and the edifice is a 
worthy ornament to the town. 

The church has long been enjoying a course of 
spiritual prosperity. Its past record has been 
bright, but its present condition is still more hope- 
ful. 



The First Universalist Church and 
Society. 



The houses of worship of the Baptist society 



It was in 1813 that the more liberal-minded 
citizens of the town, theologically speaking, met 
together and organized what is now the third oldest 
religious denomination in Wakefield, the Universa- 
list society. 

There was not a large membership at the time 
the society was formed, but religious meetings 
were successfully conducted for a number of years, 
until 1833, when the first pastor was installed. 
The early meetings of the society were held in the 
Centre schoolhouse, which at that time was located 
on the Common south of engine house. Meetings 
were also held in the old Town House, now at the 
corner of Salem and Main Streets, but which then 
stood west of the recent engine house. Previous 
to the erection of the church edifice, and after their 
first settled pastor, meetings were conducted in 
what is now .Albion Hall. The hall then stood at 
the corner of Albion and Main Streets, where Per- 
kins' block now stands, and was then known as 
Tavern Hall. 

Twenty years after the formation of the society, 
in 1833, the first minister was installed. The 
meetings previous to this year had not been held 
weekly or regularly. They were held when it was 
possible and convenient to secure the services of a 



preacher. In 1833, however, Rev. Mr. Newell 
began his labors, and the meetings in this town 
were conducted once in every three weeks. Rev. 
Mr. Newell also had charge of the societies in 
North Reading and Middleton, in connection with 
the South Reading society, while the services held 
during the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Morse were fort- 
nightly, that pastor also having charge of the Uni- 
versalist Church at North Reading. The names of 
the pastors are presented below, the figures being 
the dates of installation and dismission, respec- 
ti\'elv. 



Rev. John C. Newell . . 
Rev. H. W. Morse . . 
Rev. Henry Jewell 
Rev. Henry Lyon . 
Rev. Stillman Barden 
Rev. John H. Willis . . 
Rev. Alexander Hitchborn 
Rev. John H. Moore . . 
Rev. Benton Smith . 
Rev. Edwin A. Eaton 
Rev. Wm. W. Haywood . 
Rev. Wm. F. Potter . . 
Rev. Quincy Whitney 
Rev. Wm. H. Morrison . 
Rev. William E. Gaskin . 
Rev. L. L. Greene . . 



1833- 
1835- 
1837- 
1840- 
1841- 
1842- 
1846- 
1849- 
1854- 
1858- 
1865- 
1870- 

•87s- 
1880- 
i886- 
1889 



-183s 
-1837 
1840 
-1841 
-1842 
-1845 
-1848 
-1853 
-1858 
-1864 
-1870 

-187s 
-1878 
-1885 
-1888 



The first house of worship built by the Univer- 
salis! society was erected in 1839 on the site now 
owned by the society, on Main Street. The edifice, 
though plain in architectural design, served the 
society for twenty years. In 1859, the growth of 
the society warranted the remodelling of the structure, 
at which time six thousand dollars were expanded 
in enlarging the edifice, raising it, and building the 
vestry, and erecting the tall spire. About a dozen 
years ago the interior of the edifice was renovated and 
new pews placed therein. The auditorium of the 
building is one of the finest in town, and the edifice 
is an ornament to Wakefield. 

The history of the church connected with the 
Universalist society dates from the year 1843. 
The meeting for the formation of the church was 
held on May 29 of that year. 

The present condition of the society is an indica- 
tion of prosperity and a prediction of progress. It 
is in good financial standing and its membership is 
continually on the increase. In many towns there 



is no church in connection with the society, the 
affairs of both being conducted under the latter 
name. Wakefield's Universalist Church is rather 
small in membership, but the society is large and 
active, and the interest shown in Universalism, and 
the support that Christian creed is receiving at the 
present time is by no means an indication that a 
numerically small church denotes an unimportant 
or inferior organization. The society is known for 
its munificent giving in objects of worthy charity. 




THE UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 

especially in cases of need, within the limits of our 
own town or this vicinity. The generosity of the 
individual members of the society in this respect is 
likewise noteworthy. 



The Methodist Bpiscopal Church. 



In the earlier part of the year 1S65 considerable 
interest was manifested in the matter of organizing 
a Methodist Church, and in April of that year a 
number of the citizens of the town petitioned to the 
New England Conference, then in session at Cam- 
bridge, for a preacher, and the call was responded 
to by the sending of Rev. Thomas C. Potter. 

For four or five years after the church was organ- 
ized, meetings were held in the vestry of the Univer- 



salist Church, but the growth of the society called a meeting-house in 1870. The society continued 
for a place of its own. Accordingly, Albion Hall. to prosper, and in 1873 it was decided to erect a 
which was then located on Albion Street, at the church edifice. A lot of land was purchased of 




THE METHODIST CHURCH. 



entrance of what is now called Foster Street, was Mr. J. F. Wiley for twenty-eight hundred dollars, 
purchased at a cost of thirty-three hundred dol- and work upon the church was commenced inimedi- 
lars, and, after being remodelled, was occupied as ately. About six thousand dollars was subscribed, 



and Albion Hall, which was valued at ten thousand 
dollars, was disposed of. 

The construction of the church was an arduous 
undertaking, for soon after work had been started 
on the church the panic of '73, with its disastrous 
effect to the financial world, cast a heavy cloud over 
the struggling society. As a result, money was 
raised by placing a heavy mortgage upon the 
church, and the edifice was finally completed and 
dedicated February 27, 1874. The structure cost 
about twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars, and 
a mortgage of thirteen thousand dollars remained 
upon the church. Through the laborious efforts of 
Rev. G. C. Osgood, the debt was reduced from 
thirteen thousand dollars to about si.\ty-five hun- 
dred dollars, and that sum stood until Rev. T. C. 
Martin was chosen to preside at this church. 
Anxious as the [society was to clear away the 
debt, a great effort! was made to raise the amount 
due, and with the personal solicitations and earnest 
endeavors of the pastor. Rev. Mr. Martin, the sum 
was raised, and the debt paid, thus relieving the 
society from a mighty burden. A grand jubilee, ni 
honor of the payment of the debt, was held on Friday, 
April 9, 1886, at which several out of town speakers 
were present, together with the pastors of the 
Wakefield churches. 

The present house of worship of the Methodist 
society occupies a conspicuous position on Albion 
Street, and is a beautiful edifice, a worthy ornament 
to Wakefield. The building is that of Swiss timber 
construction, adapted to the fourteenth century, with 
Gothic outline. 

The Wakefield church has been supplied by 
fourteen pastors, as follows : Rev. T. C. Potter, 1865 ; 
Rev. D. Atkins, 1867 ; Rev. M. B. Chapman, 1870 ; 
Rev. C. L. McCurdy, 1873 ; Rev. John Peterson, 
1875 ; Rev. E. A. Howard, 1877 ; Rev. G. C. Os- 
good, 1878; Rev. E. A. Manning, 1881 ; Rev. D. 
Richards, 1883; Rev. T. C. Martin, 1884; Rev. 
D S. Coles, 1887 ; Rev. W. F. Cook, 1889 ; Rev. 
J. H. Tompson, 1891 ; and Rev. A. H. Herrick, 
1S93. 

The Methodist Church is at present in good 
financial condition, and is doing valuable work 
toward upbuilding the moral and spiritual welfare 
of the community. Its benevolences are generous 
and the present membership of the church is large. 
There is abundant hope for the future of the 
church, and a continuance of good results in the 
blessed objects for which the church strives. 



Emmanuel Episcopal Church. 



Episcopalianisni had its beginning in this town 
about forty years ago, but the formation of an 
Episcopal Society in Wakefield did not take place 
for a number of years later ; therefore, the history of 
Emmanuel Parish covers a period of about twenty 
years. 

In 1869 sufficient interest had been aroused 
among the Episcopalians of this town for an organ- 
ization, and a mission was formed Regular ser- 
vices were at once commenced, and were conducted 
by clerg)men of the Eastern Convocation of the 
Episcopal Church of Massachusetts One year 
later, at Easter, 1870, the congregation organized 




EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

itself into a parish and the Rev. Samuel R. Slack, 
formerly rector of St. Thomas' Church, Newark, 
Del., and of Frederickville Parish, Va., was placed 
in charge. 

The new church was named Emmanuel Church. 
Rev. Mr. Slack continued as rector of the church 
until Trinity Sunday, June i, 1873, w'hen he re- 
signed his trust and removed to Salem. The 
period which followed, until the appointment of 
Rev. George Walker in 1875 to the rectorship, was 
not a flourishing one for the society. Rev. Mr. 
Walker's labors, however, were fruitful, and abun- 
dant interest was soon aroused, and within a short 



time the mission was placed in a position which 
has proved largely to be the foundation work upon 
which the society has since been built. Rev. Mr. 
Walker resigned in 1879, and was succeeded tem-' 
porarily by Rev. Samuel Hodgkiss, then a lay-reader 
and student at the Cambridge Theological School, 
and in 1881 Rev. Mr. Hodgkiss, having been 
ordained deacon, was appointed as missionary in 
charge. The efforts of that clergyman witnessed 
the raising of a building fund, and the present 
church edifice was erected, at a cost of about five 
thousand dollars, the amount having been paid in 
full at the completion of the church. Services were 
held in the new church on Aug. 20, 1881, for the 
first time. Following the resignation of Rev. Mr. 
Hodgkiss in 1882, Rev. Frederick Luson was 
appointed to take charge of the work, and he 
remained in town until March, 1884, when he was 
compelled to resign on account of poor health. 

Rev. William Hall Williams entered upon his 
duties as lay-reader in Wakefield in the follow- 
ing June, 'and continu^d in that capacity until he 
was graduated and ordained deacon, when he 
became rector of the church. After an extremely 
successful ministration of several years, durmg 
which time he declined many calls to other parishes. 
Rev. Mr. Williams resigned his charge in Wakefield, 
to accept the rectorship of the parish at Newton 
Highlands in January, 1890. 

Rev. Irving Spencer began as lay-reader soon 
afterward By his activity and enthusiasm the 
church increased in numbers and good works. He 
assisted in opening a mission at Reading, conduct- 
ing services in that town on Sunday afternoons. 
Mr. Spencer was succeeded in 1892 by Rev. John 
A. Staunton, who came from Brooklyn, N. Y., and is 
a gentleman of marked ability and Christian devo- 
tion. 

During the first ten years of the church's exist- 
ence meetings were held at different halls in town. 

The larger number of meetings took place at the 
old town hall, which then stood near the recent 
site of the engine house. Other meetings were 
held in a hall then owned by D. G. Walton, Esq., 
over the store now occupied by Mr. Ira Atkinson. 

The vestry of the Universalist Church was used 
for a short time, also the room which is now occu- 
pied by the Wakefield Steam Laundry, and in G. A. 
R. Hall in Wakefield's Block. The exterior and 
interior of the present edifice on Water Street is 
very attractive. The chapel was remodelled and 



enlarged in 189 1, with tasteful and pleasing archi- 
tectural effects, and it is now one of the prettiest 
and most convenient churches of its size in this 
vicinity. 

Emmanuel parish is now in a prosperous condition. 
The expenses are overcome by the voluntary offer- 
ings of the congregation, together with a pledge 
system of weekly offerings. The society is free from 
debt, and has been since the erection of the church. 
The communicants are increasing in number, and 
the interest in the welfare of the society, as mani- 
fested at present, indicates a still more prosperous 
future. 



St. Joseph's Church. 

It is more than forty years ago that the first 
Catholic mass took place in this town. It is 
recorded that the mass was said by Rev. Thomas 
Shehan, then of Salem, and that it occurred in a 
house located at that time at Wakefield Junction. 
A portion of the present site of the Catholic Church 
was purchased in the year 1852, and work was at 
once commenced in erecting the edifice. Father 
Shehan continued to officiate in the capacity as 
pastor until 1854. He was succeeded by Rev. John 
Ryan, of Maiden, and by the following named pas- 
tors at the respective dates : Rev. John McCarthy, 
1862 ; Rev. Thomas Skully, 1866; Rev. John Mc- 
Shane, 1867; Rev. M. L. Carroll, 1868; Rev. 
Thomas Gleason, 1868; Rev. W. H. Fitzpatrick, 
1868 ; Rev. M. F. Flatley, 1873 ; Rev. P. J. Hally, 
1884: Rev. J. E. Millerick, 1887. During the last 
few years of Rev. Fr. Flatley's term he was assisted 
by Rev. John A. Donnelly. The present pastor is 
assisted by Rev. D. H. Reardon. 

In 187 1 it was found that the edifice was not 
large enough to accommodate the demands of the 
growing religious organization in town, and it was 
accordingly moved westerly to Murray Street. It 
is now known as Lyceum Hall, and is used for 
meetings of the St. Joseph's Lyceum, etc. Father 
Fitzpatrick accordingly had plans made for a new 
edifice, and work commenced on the building. 
The plans were not carried out fully, as the seating 
capacity of the new church was about eight hundred, 
and was then of sufficient size, and fulfilled all 
demands. The original plan of the church was in 
shape of a Latin cross, the symbol of Christ's death. 

In November of that year, 187 1, just nineteen 
years ago, the services were held in the new struc- 



ture for the first time, and only a siiort time passed 
before every seat was hired. 

The present parochial residence was constructed 
a few years ago, and it is now undergoing changes, 
which, when completed, will make it more commo- 
dious. The former residence of the pastor of the 
church was at the corner of Gould and Albion 
Streets. A short time ago the St. Joseph's society 



church is attractive, and an ornament worthy such 
a location in town. The tall spire, surmounted 
with a gilded cross, is a conspicuous landmark. On 
entering the church, the eyes of the visitor are 
attracted by the rich appearance of the altar, stained 
glass windows, and decorations. There are three 
altars behind the sanctuary rail, a large, magnificent 
white and gold altar in the center, with two smaller 




ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH AND PAROCHIAL RESIDENCE. 



purchased a tract of land adjoining their original 
lot, in order to meet the demands of the prospective 
addition. The entire lot is a valuable one, as it is 
bounded by Murray, Gould, and Albion Streets, 
and a street recently laid out by the Boston & 
Maine Railroad Company. The present church 
structure is of wood, and the entrance faces the 
street owned by the railroad. The exterior of the 



ones on either side. The seating capacity of the 
floor is about nine hundred, while the two galleries 
in the main body and the third gallery at the 
easterly end of the church, in which the organ is 
located, are capable of seating about three hundred, 
making the grand total capacity about twelve 
hundred. 

The decorations or frescoing are indeed magnifi- 



cent, and it is safe to say tliat the entire work far 
surpasses anytliing of the kind in this vicinity. 
This, in brief, is an historical sketch of Catholicism 
in Wakefield, and a description of the new edifice. 
Starting over twoscore years ago, with a small 
hand of followers of the Catholic faith, the adhe- 
rents of Catholicism have grown in numbers, until 
now the total number of Catholics in Wakefield 
reaches about seventeen hundred, including the 
children of Catholic parents. 

With hope and renewed inspiration, the society 
will doubtless continue in its spiritual and material 
growth, and lead its disciples to a purer and more 
earnest life in the worship and service of the Lord 
of all. 



Greenwood Congregational Society. 

The history of the Greenwood society covers a 
period of over twenty-one years, although, previous 
to its institution, religious services were held in 



Henry V. Degen, a minister of the Methodist faith, 
and at that time a resident of Wakefield. 

The first months of the year 1873 witnessed the 
taking of the first active steps toward forming a 
religious society in Greenwood, and on the twenty- 
first day of January a meeting was held in Green- 
wood Hall, it having been duly called to order by 
Ur. Albert Day, a justice of the peace. The meet- 
ing was well attended and considerable interest was 
manifested. Dr. Day was elected moderator, and. 
the following officers were chosen : clerk, Ashton H. 
Thayer ; treasurer and collector, A. P. Dodge, 
standing committee. Dr. Day, B. G. Dunbar, G. A. 
Hardy, L. B. Eaton, and H. H. Savage. 

Rev. C. A. G. Thurston was the first pastor, and 
remained about two years. 

In March, 1875, an attempt was made to unite 
with the Melrose Highlands Church, and it was 
voted to liold meetings on the '' union plan " during 
the rest of the year. The scheme was about to be 
perfected and the services of Rev. A. S. Garver 













^fmi^:-~,,, 



GREENWOOD CHAPEL. 



Greenwood for quite a number of years. The 
earliest services of which anything is known were 
first held over thirty years ago, and clergymen from 
Wakefield and out of town officiated when circum- 
stances permitted. 

The organization of the Sabbath school at Green- 
wood was one of the first steps effected by the 
interest aroused in the holding of the earlier 
religious services, over thirty-two years ago ; and, in 
fact, the formation of the school and the commence- 
ment of the meetings took place about the same 
time. The school was instituted with a small 
membership, and the first superintendent was Rev. 



were secured, but at a later meeting, held July 15, 
the idea was abandoned, upon the refusal of the 
Melrose Highlands society to unite with the Green- 
wood society. The services of Rev. Mr. Garver 
were secured by the latter society, and was their 
minister from Sept. i, 1875, to Sept. i, 1879. Mr. 
Garver was then of the Congregational faith. 

During the year 1876 another unsuccessful 
attempt was made to unite with the Melrose High- 
lands society. For a few years after the resignation 
of Rev. Mr. Garver, in 1879, there was no regular 
pastor, but in 1882 Rev. W. H. Morrison was 
engaged to preach, [under the auspices of the 



Young Folks' Society, then a flourishing auxiliar}- to 
the church. Since that time, however, there has 
been no regular pastor, the services generally being 
conducted by students from Andover, or by minis- 
ters in this vicinity. During the past few years 
preaching services have been conducted alternately 
by pastors of the Protestant churches in Wakefield. 

The earlier religious meetings were generally 
held in Greenwood Hall, or Lyceum Hall, as it was 
then known, being the room in the second story of 
the Greenwood schoolhouse, and during the summer 
time, when weather permitted, services were held 
in " .Sweetser's Grove." Greenwood had grown to 
such an extent that in the summer of 1882 it was 
found necessary for the town to utilize the hall as a 
schoolroom ; accordingly, the society was obliged to 
take immediate steps toward purchasing a suitable 
location for a building of its own. At a meeting of 
the society on Sept. 4, 1883, it was voted to pur- 
chase a portion of Mr. Jacob Eaton's lot and proceed 
to erect a chapel. 

In November, 1883, the foundation of the build- 
ing was commenced, and work upon the chapel was 
begun in the following spring. The final cost of 
the structure, together with what improvements have 
been made up to the present date, has amounted to 
about four thousand dollars. 

The present condition of the First Congregational 
Society in Greenwood is decidedly prosperous, with 
no debt. There are at present about fifty members 
of the society, some of whom are members of 
churches in Wakefield, or elsewhere. With pros- 
pects of " clear sailing " in the near future on life's 
sea, the society may well feel encouraged with its 
present standing, and look upon its past history 
witii a pardonable pride. 



Montrose Chapel Society. 



Montrose has a Sabbath school and Chapel 
Society, which have sprung up and thrived during 
recent years, and in presenting sketches of both 
•organizations herewith, the series of articles under 
Wakefield's ecclesiastical history is completed. Ac- 
cording to facts which we are enabled to ascertain, 
it is found that the formation of the Sunday school 
in the East Ward was a matter which first attracted 
the attention of the Young Men's Christian Associa- 
tion, which about eighteen years ago was a flourish- 
in"; institution in this town. 



In 1874, Deacon (reorge R. Morrison was elected 
superintendent of the school, and the first Sunday 
under his administration there was an attendance 
of forty-nine, with seven classes. Deacon Morrison 
continued in his service until 1879, when Mr. Wil- 
liam P. Preston was elected. Mr. Preston resigned 
in April, 1881, and Mr. Everett G. Deland acted 
temporarily until the election of Mr. William H. Tay 
in July of that (year. Mr. Tay served until April, 
1884, when Mr. A. D. Dimick was elected, followed 
by Mr. I. Stowell. 'I'he average attendance of the 
school during the first few years was about fifty, 
and on January, 1886, there were eighty scholars, 
and there are now over one hundred members. 

The object of the society, when it was first 
formed, was for the purpose of advancing the social 




MONTROSE CHAPEL. 

Standing in the neighborhood, but it was suggested 
that it would be best to have some object in view, 
so it was decided to start a fund for the purpose of 
erecting a chapel. In October, 1887, a fair was 
held in Montrose Hall, at which one hundred and 
fifty-three dollars and seventy-nine cents was cleared, 
and at the end of the first year the society numbered 
forty-three members, with a building fund of three 
hundred and forty-nine dollars and thirty-two cents. 
During the years 1879 ^^'^ 1880 the Sunday school 
contributed over one hundred and fifty dollars, and 
in 1 88 1 it was decided to apply for a charter. 

At the end of the year 1885, there was one thou- 
sand four hundred dollars available, with the promise 
of a building lot. 

A handsome and convenient chapel was after 
erected, and dedicatory exercises at the chapel were 



nelcl April 28, 1886, and were appropriate to the 
occasion. 

The Chapel Society was out of debt at the time 
of its dedication, and has since been fortunate in 
keeping in good linanciil circumstances. The etTorts 
on the part of the members in erecting a chapel 
and conducting the affairs of the society have been 
successful, fts present condition is encouraging, 
and gives promise to a prosperous future. The 
present officers of the society are as follows : presi- 
dent, Mrs. Hamilton Moses ; treasurer, Mr. J T. 
Burdett ; secretary. Miss Nellie F. Emerson ; direc- 
tors, Mrs. H. Moses, Mrs. Jennie Hunt, Mrs. C D. 
Drury, -Mr. \\". P. Rurnham, and Mr. Issachar 
Stowell. 



Educational. 



Good common schools have been found in town 
since the early years. The first known teacher of 
the free school was Nicholas Lynde, of Charlestown, 




HIGH SCHOOL. 

a graduate of Harvard College in 1690. It is not 
known where the first schoolhouse, as such, was 
erected, but it is recorded that in 1707 the select- 
men were asked to consider whether the school- 
hcuse should be removed. This building was a 
small affair and stood upon what is now the public 
park, a little northeasterly of the Congregational 
Church. In 1693, and for some years succeeding, 
Master Lynde was the only teacher in the whole 
town, and taught in different parts of the town, as 
the selectmen directed. Three months were given 
to what is now Wakefield, two months to what is 



now Reading, and one month to what is now North 
Reading. 

During the eighteenth century, before the Rc\-olu- 
tionary War, the amount of money annually .tppro- 
priated for schools averaged about si.xty pounds. 

Followintf the Revolution, the school appropria- 
tions gradually increased, educational privileges 
were expanded, until, in Wakefield alone, the annual 
appropriation for support of schools is twentv-si.x 
thousand dollars, which is distributed among twenty- 
si.\ schools, in which instruction is given by thirty- 
two teachers to fifteen hundred and seventy pupils, 
in nine large and well-appointed school edifices. 
The High School was established in 1845, and is 
now one of the most highly prized and cherished 
institutions of the town, occupying a handsome 
edifice at the corner of Main and Lafayette Streets 
on the site of the old-time parsonage of the first 
parish. The Hamilton School Building and the 
Lincoln School Building are comparatively new 
structures and models of architecture and conven- 
ience for the purposes to which they are dedicated. 
Wakefield has obtained a worthy distinction among 
the people of the commonwealth for the e.xcellence 
of her public schools. 

Long before the establishment of the High School, 
there was erected, in 1829, on the pleasant elevation 
easterly of Crescent Street, the South Reading 
Academy, under fjaptist auspices. It was for many 
years a flourishing institution of learning, and exerted 
a valuable and elevating influence on the rising gen- 
eration of the town, and hastened the coming of the 
High .School. The academy was discontinued about 
1845, and the town in 1847 purchased the building 
for the use of the High School. Another institution, 
the Creenwood Seminary, was established about the 
year 1855, in Greenwood Village, by Rev. Windsor 
B. Wait, under Universalist influences, and was for 
a decade a favorite resort for young ladies seeking 
a finished education. 



Libraries. 



There have been in other days libraries of note 
in the town, including the " Social," " Franklin," 
" Prescott," and " .Agricultural " Libraries, but all 
have been overshadowed and practically superseded, 
except church and school libraries, by the Public 
Library, instituted in 1S56 by the public-spirited 
eftorts of leading citizens of the town, including 



Benjamin Franklin Tweed, Lilley F^aton, Paul H. 
Sweetser, Edward Mansfield, Franklin Poole, James 
M. Evans, and John S. Eaton. A large number of 
books collected by private enterprise and donation 
were presented to the town. This germ of the 
library was taken under the paternal wing of the 




LINCOLN SCHOOL. 

town, and, receiving generous nourishment and 
kindly care, has grown and expanded into the pres- 
ent extensive collection of books, which includes 
about eleven thousand five hundred volumes, and is 
regarded as a beneficent and almost indispensable 
institution of the town. Its name was changed in 
1868 to " Beebe Town Library," in honor of the 
late Lucius Beebe, Esq., a liberal contributor to its 
funds. Other generous gifts have been made to the 
institution by Mrs. Harriet N. Flint, and the late 
Dr. Francis P. Hurd, and the late Cyrus Wakefield, 
the younger. A public reading-room, contiguous to 
the library, well supplied with the best papers and 
magazines of the day, is much used and appreciated 
by the people of the town. 



Newspapers. 



The first attempt to furnish regular news in 
printed form to the inhabitants of this town was in 
1854, through the medium of a South Reading De- 
partment in the Middlesex Journal, a weekly paper 
published in Woburn. Invited by a " combination 
of gentlemen," the editorial duties of the depart- 
ment soon devolved upon Edward Mansfield, Esq., 
who for many years continued to furnish items for 



the South Reading column, with generous public 
spirit and signal success. 

In 1858 was begun the publication of the South 
Reading Gazette, by Mr. William H. Hutchinson, 
from Boston, which paper for about five years was 
a welcome visitor in home circles. 

In 1868, Mr. A. Augustus Foster established 
the Wakefield Banner, v^\i\c\\\n 1872, was merged 
in the Wakefield Citizen. At this time Mr. William 
H. Twombly launched the Wakefield Advocate but 
soon after picked up the discarded name of " Ba7i- 
ner," and for nearly two years there was again 
published the Wakefield Banner. In 1874, Mr. Twom- 
bly purchased the Citizen, which he consolidated 
with the Banner, and then was begun the prosper- 
ous career of The Wakefield Citizen and Banner 
which has become the leading journal of the com- 
munity, and found in nearly every home in Wake- 
field, and is now under the successful direction of 
Mr. M. P. Foster. 

The Wakefield Bulletin was established in 1881, 
by Mr. W. H. Twombly, the proprietor of the Read- 
ing Chronicle. The Wakefield Record was started in 
1886 by Mr. Frederick W. Young, who, in 1887, 
purchased the Bulletin, and successfully conducted 
the Wakefield Record and Bidletin, until its recent 
change of ownership, it being now ably managed by 
Mr. Carl E. Dunshee. 



Military. 



The military record of the town is one of honor 
and renown. The first corps was organized in 
1644, called the Reading Infantry Company, and 




HAMILTON SCHOOL. 



commanded by Richard Walker, a noted Indian 
lighter. 

This famous conijiany was cherished and sus- 
tamed until its disbandment, in 1840. The Wash- 
ington Rifle Greens were organized in 1812, became 
the renowned company of the region, and went out 
of existence in 1850. 

The Richardson Light Guard, so named in honor 
of the late Dr. Solon O. Richardson, a generous 
friend of the company, as is also his son, the pres- 
ent Dr. S. O. Richardson, was organized in 1851. 
Thrice was this gallant corps called into the service 
of the Union durinc; the recent Rebellion — as 



memorable 19th of April, 1775, the "train-band" 
or " alarm list " of the First Parish was, by express, 
ordered to Lexington, and they departed very early, 
accompanied by the minister. Rev. Caleb Prentiss, 
and met the British troops, returning from Concord, 
at Merriam's Corner, and, with the men of the 
Third Parish and others, were among the first to 
engage the enemy in what might be called the first 
battle of the Revolution, the Reading men being 
commanded in this encounter by Capt. John Brooks, 
afterward Governor of the Commonwealth. The 
British regulars in their retreat along the Boston 
turnpike were constantly and fatally harassed by 








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RESIDENCE OF MR. JOHN W. WHITE, MAIN STREET. 



Company B, 5th Regiment, as Company E, 50th 
Regiment, and as Company B, 8th Regiment Massa- 
chusetts Volunteers, and always acquitted itself with 
honor. It still enjoys high distinction under Capt. 
Edward J. Gihon, as Company A, 6th Regiment 
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. In the French 
and Indian Wars of last century the First Parish 
of the old town of Reading nobly bore her part, 
her sons sharing in the glory of the capture 
of Louisburg, and fought under Wolfe on the 
Plains of Abraham. When the tocsin sounded for 
the opening of the Revolutionary War the whole 
town of Reading burned with patriotic ardor. 
Several companies of minute-men had been secretly 
organized for the anticipated crisis, and on the 



the Provincials, and their retreat became a rout 
until they met Lord Percy with reinforcements. 

The town of Reading sent into the army during 
the Revolutionary War over four hundred men, not 
including minute-men and privateers men, and there 
were constantly in the field an average of one 
hundred men from the town. Perhaps the most 
noted of the fighting patriots of the Old Parish was 
General Benjamin Brown, whose homestead was on 
the easterly side of Lake Quannapowitt where lately 
dwelt Lucius Beebe, Esq., deceased. In the War of 
18 1 2 and the Mexican War, the sons of South 
Reading were not wanting to defend the nation's 
honor on land and sea. 

In 1861 the cloud of rebellion burst in war and 



blood upon a happy land, and South Reading was 
not cold or backward in proving her patriotism in 
the trying crisis, but pressed to the front of the 
loyal North, as her regiments and battalions rallied 
to the defence of country and our insulted flag. 

The Richardson Light Guard, the town's own 
gallant corps, under Captain John W. Locke, with 
full ranks and high enthusiasm, amid " tumult of 
acclaim " left town for the seat of war April 19, 
186 1, and were enlisted into the United States 
service for three months, as Company B, 5th Regi- 
ment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and per- 
formed valuable service in guarding and protecting 
the national capital. This corps fought bravely in 
the first battle of Bull Run, in which some of their 
number were wounded and three taken prisoners. 

As the larger scope of the terrible conflict became 
rapidly foreshadowed, another company, recruited 
in South Reading, under Captain John Wiley, 2d, 
was enlisted for three years as Company E, 16th 
Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and left for 
the seat of war August 17, 1861. This company 
served in the Army of the Potomac, and sustained 
a high character for courage and heroic endurance, 
and is entitled to lasting gratitude and honor. As, 
during the progress of the struggle, call after call 
issued from the President for more men, the town 
nobly and promptly responded and well sustained 
her part in the time of the nation's exigency, and it 
points with glowing pride to the record of five 
hundred and five men sent into the military and 
naval service of the Republic, of whom more than 
sixty gave up their lives in the sacred cause. The 
Horace M. Warren Post No. 12, Grand Army of 
the Republic, and the memorial hall in the beau- 
tiful town house commemorate the heroic sacrifices 
of the living and the dead. 



Burial- Grounds. 



The burial-grounds of Wakefield are very inter- 
esting in their associations and mementos. The 
earliest graveyard was located in that portion of the 
new park where lately stood the old town house and 
the house of Yale Engine Company. 

Here for more than fifty years the first and second 
generations of settlers buried their dead. The pres- 
ent generation can easily recall the appearance of 
the antique monuments and tablets that marked the 
graves of the good and true fathers and mothers of 



the town ; but now, alas, no trace remains to greet 
the fondly seeking antiquarian eye. The ruthless 
hand of progress has levelled the hallowed site. In 
1688 the town erected its second house of worship 
and located it a few rods northwest of the present 
Congregational Church in Wakefield, and around 
this second church, soon after its erection, in accord- 
ance with an ancient custom that has made church- 
yards and graveyards synonymous terms, the later 
inhabitants began to inter their dead ; and thus 
commenced their second burial-yard, in recent years 
known as the " old burial-ground." 

For more than one hundred and sixty years it 
was the chief place of sepulture for the town. Here 
rest the ashes of the greater portion of its former 
inhabitants. Consequently it possesses a most 
lively though mournful interest, as the place where 
many a noble and revered friend, many a loved and 
beautiful form, has been covered from sight, but not 
from memory. 

In course of time the old burial-ground became 
so fully occupied that the selection of eligible spots 
for single interments was difficult, and for family 
lots impossible ; and in consequence, there was or- 
ganized in 1846 a private corporation under the 
name of Proprietors of Lakeside Cemetery, which 
purchased a tract of seven acres of land on the 
westerly border of Lake Quannapowitt, and laid out 
the same in avenues, paths, arbors, bowers, and 
four hundred burial lots. The cemetery has since 
been greatly enlarged and beautified, and is mourn- 
fully attractive by the quiet loveliness of its natural 
scenery, by its marble shrines and graceful memo- 
rials. 

The Jewish Cemetery, a smaller enclosure, also 
on the margin of the beautiful lake, and very near 
Lakeside Cemetery, is numerously occupied with 
graves and sepulchres, and is in general use by the 
Israelites of Boston. 



Historic Houses. 



There are in Wakefield many dwelling-houses 
historic in thtir age and associations, but their 
number is every year growing less, .\mong these 
ancient dwellings is one on Cowdrey's Hill, erected 
considerably over two centuries ago, and known to 
recent generations as the Leslie place. It was the 
homestead of the early settler, Sergt. John Parker, 
and of his son, Kendall Parker, Esq., whose 



aiighter married James Nichols, and thus the 
estate passed into the hands of the Nichols family, 
the late Matthew ¥. Leslie marrying a daughter of 
the family, and residing there until his recent death. 
Another old dwelling is the Hartshorne house, on 
Elm Street, where lived Thomas Hartshorne in the 
early days, and which remained in the Hartshorne 
family until purchased a few years since by D. G. 
\^'alton and G. W. Aborn. 

Other ancient houses still standing are the Swain 
house, on Vernon Street, lately owned by David 
Batchelder, and the one near it now of M. P. Parker, 
formerly, in 1740, of Joseph Underwood. There 
may also be named the house on Elm Street, 
formerly of Deacon Francis Smith, and still earlier 
of Thomas Hay, now owned by W. A. Carlton ; the 



later of Tiiomas Evans ; and the house on Main 
Street, in Greenwood, late of P. H. Sweetser, 
formerly of the (}reen family, now owned by L. 
Perry. Many of these ancient mansions and others 
that have departed have been sketched and painted 
in oil by l''ranklin Poole, Esq., a resident artist, now 
over fourscore years of age. By the thoughtful 
generosity of Mr. Poole, in whose veins runs some 
of the best blood of the early settlers, most of these 
invaluable paintings now embellish the walls of the 
Historical Society's room in the town hall. 



Men of Note. 



Many distinguished citizens of the Republic, 
living and dead, have traced their lineage from 




OLD SWAIN HOUSE, VERNON STREET. 



Eustis place, corner of Elm and Prospect Streets, a 
portion of which house is very old, and formerly of 
Capt. John Goodwin ; the " Colonel Hartshorne " 
place, on Church Street, now owned by John G. 
Morrill, and sometimes called the Lafayette house ; 
the remodelled house, now of Mr. Thomas Martin, 
on Main Street by the lake, formerly the homestead 
of John Brown, Esq., who was born in 1634 ; the 
spacious old domicile on Main Street, opposite the 
lake, now owned by Miss Nancy White and Mrs. 
Mary E. Aborn, formerly of Timothy Nichols, and 



worthy ancestors of this old town, whether known 
as Reading, South Reading, or Wakefield. Among 
the brilliant names in American history, men that 
can fairly be called sons of the old town, may be 
mentioned : Hon. George Bancroft, the eminent 
historian of his native land ; Gov. John Brooks, 
who so gallantly led the minute-men of Reading at 
the Battle of Merriam's Corner, on the retreat of 
the British troops from Concord, April 19, 1775, 
and who, after serving with distinction through the 
war, removed to Medford and became Governor of 



Massachusetts ; Capt. John Parker, who commanded 
the Lexington men on the same memorable day of 
April 19, 1775 ; Gen. John A. Dix, ex-Governor of 
New York, and United States Senator ; Hon. George 
S. Boutwell, formerly Governor and Senator of 
Massachusetts, and Secretary of the Treasury under 
President Grant ; Hon. Timothy Boutelle, famed as 
a lawyer ; Rev. Theodore Parker, eminent as a 
scholar and Unitarian divine ; Rev. John Pierpont, 
clergyman and poet, formerly of Medford ; Rev. Dr. 
Samuel C. Damon, late of Honolulu, Hawaiian 
Islands ; Rev. Dr. Brown Emerson, formerly of 
Salem ; Dr. W'illard Parker, of New York City ; Dr. 
Samuel Hart late of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Gen. Joseph 
H. Eaton, of the United States Army; Rev. Dr. 
Phillips Brooks, the illustrious divine ; Rev. Dr. 
James Flint, orator of the day at the bi-centennial 
celebration in 1844 ; Hon. Thomas N. Hart, ex- 
mayor of Boston ; Prof. B. F. Tweed, who has a 
just fame as an educator, and now, full of years, is 
enjoying a well-earned rest at his home in Cam- 
bridge ; Dr. William Everett, of Quincy ; Rev. Edwin 
C. Sweetser, of Philadelphia, an eloquent preacher 
of the Uni\ersalist faith, and Hon. George A. 
Walton, of Newton, author of ^^'alton's Arithmetic, 
and now rendering conspicuous service on the Mass- 
achusetts Board of Education. 



Industries, 



The manufacture of boots and shoes has long 
been an important branch of industrial activity in 
Wakefield. As long ago as 1677, the town assigned 
to Jonas Eaton " the privilege of wood and herbage 
on a tract of land on condition that he remained in 
town, and followed the trade of a shoemaker." Hi 
remained, and many of his descendants and suc- 
cessors, from that j'ear to this, have exercised that 
honorable handicraft, but the manner of carrying on 
the business has greatly changed within the last 
few vears. Formerly, nearly every shoemaker was 
his own " boss," that is, " he worked his own 
stock," he cut, his wife and daughters bound, and 
his sons and apprentices, with sometimes a few 
journeymen, finished up the work. His principal 
market w-as Boston, to which place, sometimes in 
saddle-bags and on horseback, and sometimes in a 
shoe-cart, he transported and peddled from store to 
store his goods. But times are not as once they 
were, and the boot and shoe business has been 



revolutionized by the introduction of labor-saving 
machinery and the establishment of large manu- 
factories. The leading firm in Wakefield is Thomas 
Emerson's Sons, and is one of the oldest in the 
shoe business in this country. It was established 
by Capt. Thomas Emerson in 1805. 

The shoe business is also extensively and suc- 
cessfully carried on in town by Henry Haskell, 
successor of John G. Aborn & Co., by Harvey B. 
Evans, under name of " L. B. Evans' Son," Isaac 
F. Eaton, and E. H. Walton & Son, but the relative 
importance of the business in the town is much 
less than formerly. 

The manufacture of cane or rattan into many 
forms of beauty, elegance, and utility by the Wake- 




RESIDENCE OF MR. GEO. H. TOWLE, YALE AVENUE. 

field Rattan Company is now, and has been for 
many years, the chief industry of the town. Its 
factories are located on Water Street, by the small 
stream from Crystal Lake, called Mill River, at the 
same place where John Poole, in 1644, ran the first 
corn-mill of Reading. The late Cyrus Wakefield, 
Sr., originated this important industry in 1856. 

The tasteful productions of the company may 
now be found in nearly every business resort, church, 



and home of refinonicnt from the Atlantic to the 
Pacific, and a growing trade exists with Mexico, the 
states of South America, and other foreign countries. 
The Wakefield Reed and Chair Company does a 
smaller business in the manufacture of rattan goods 
at the " Skating Rink " building, located between 
Main and Crescent Streets, in the center of the 
town. 

'I'he extensive iron foundry by the side of the 
Boston & Maine Railroad, between Albion Street 
and Crystal Lake, now successfully operated by the 
Smith & Anthony Co., was started in 1854 by 
Blanchard, Tarbell & Co., who soon after organized 
as a stock company under the name of the Boston 
& Maine Foundry Company, which became one 
of the most important industrial institutions of the 
town. The policy of the Smith &: Anthony Co. has 
always been to manufacture a high grade of goods, 
and thus attract the best trade of the country. 

The lakes of Wakefield, located so conveniently 
near the center of the town, and contiguous to the 
Boston & Maine Railroad, offer unusual facilities 
for the cutting, storage, and transportation of ice, 
and these opportunities have been well improved 
during the last forty years. This business is most 
extensively engaged in by the Boston Ice Company 
and by John G. Morrill, whose storehouses are by 
Lake Quannapowitt, and by Robert Philpot on the 
borders of Crystal Lake. 

The manufacturing establishment of the Henry 
¥. Miller &: Sons Piano Company is in Wakefield. 
This business was founded by Henry F. Miller, in 
1863. and upon his decease, in 1884, the present 
company was incorporated under Massachusetts laws 
with a paid-in capital of one hundred and fifty thou- 
sand dollars. It gives employment to a large number 
of skilful mechanics, who reside in the town, and 
many of whom have built for themselves beautiful 
homes, and are highly prized citizens. The business 
is now mostly managed by the sons of the founder, 
one of whom, Mr. Edwin C. Miller, is a public- 
spirited resident of the town, and much interested 
in its affairs. 

The Wakefield Steam Laundry, Charles H. Cox, 
proprietor, is an industry which in recent years has 
attained no small dimensions. The printing busi- 
ness is carried on in all its branches by Mr. M. P. 
Foster, at the Citizen ami Banner office, from which 
are constantly issuing abundant specimens of the 
" art preservative," from the small label to a large 
poster or book. 



Mr. A. W. Brownell has also a smaller but well- 
equipped job printing-office. 

An industry new to Wakefield is that of the 
Harvard Knitting Mill, on the third floor of Wake- 
field's Block, owned by Miss Elizabeth E. Boit and 
Mr. Charles N. Winship, under the firm name of 
Winship, Boit & Co. A very active business is 
done by this firm, which came to this place from 
Cambridge in 1890. An extensive lumber business 
is carried on by C. H. Spencer at his largely 
stocked yard near the upper depot. 



Railway Facilities. 



The first regular public conveyance between this 
town and Boston was established in 1817 in the 
shape of a lumbering stage, and such means of pas- 
senger transportation continued until steam-cars 
began to run, about 1846. The extension of the 
Boston &: Maine Railroad from Wilmington to Bos- 
ton through South Reading was opened 1845, 
and gave a fresh impulse to the growth and expan- 
sion of the town. As an inducement to lay out the 
railroad, it was predicted by an enthusiastic promoter 
tliat South Reading would furnish thirty daily pas- 
sengers to Boston by rail. This LUopian prediction 
was more than realized, and now there are at least 
fifteen hundred daily passengers on numerous trains 
between Wakefield and Boston. At a later date 
the Danvers Railroad was constructed through the 
town, effecting here a junction with the Boston & 
.Maine Trunk Line. This road connected with the 
Xewburyport Railroad, running from Danvers to 
Newburyport. both of which have long been leased 
and operated by the Boston & Maine Railroad. 
The South Reading Branch Railroad to Salem 
was also opened, and thus the advantages of three 
railroad lines running through the domain of Wake- 
field afford ample and unusual facilities for trans- 
portation and communication, with easy and direct 
access to the great centers of Boston, Salem. New- 
buryport, Lawrence, Haverhill, and Lowell. There 
are six depots within the town, and about forty 
trains running daily to and from Boston. 

Electric street railways have recently come to 
Wakefield, and their transforming influence has 
already been observed on the life and development 
of the town. The Wakefield & Stoneham Street 
Railway connects with the Woburn and Medford 
systems, while an extension to Melrose puts Wake- 



field in electric touch with the cities of Maiden, 
Everett, Chelsea, and Boston, and another extension 
through Saugus gives easy access to the beautiful 
beaches and romantic rocks of Lynn, Nahant, 
Swampscott, and Revere. The latest addition to 
the local railway system is the line to Reading along 
the charming borders of old Quannapowitt ; and 



chased near the beginning of the present century, 
and called the " Republican Extinguisher." Its 
home was in a small engine-house that stood in the 
ancient burial-ground, a little westerly of the recent 
location of the brick engine-house of the Beebe 
steamer. It was a small but ambitious machine, 
and faithfully served the community in its day and 




RESIDENCE OF MR. JUNIUS BEEBE, MAIN STREET. 



ere long it is expected that the system will be com- 
plete by the construction of an electric railway to 
Lynnfield, Peabody, and Salem. 



Fire Protection. 



The fire department of W'akefield has a very 
efficient organization and has been constantly sup- 
ported with liberal outlay and pardonable pride by 
the citizens of the town. The first engine was pur- 



generation during about twent\'-five years of useful- 
ness. 

" At length the town, grown wiser, richer. 

Procured a tub of fame ; 
A strong, dark, homely, savage creature — 
' Black Hawk ' its proper name." 

This engine became noted in its day. It found 
congenial quarters in the dark basement of the old 
town hall, from which humid den it often issued 



forth for a practice .sc[uirt, or rushed out like a mad 
war-horse to some scene of fiery danger. L!y many 
deeds of usefulness and chiring, in spite of its un- 
lovely appearance, it pumped its way to fame and 
honor. 

In 1852, by vote of the town, came a handsome, 
new. double-decker fire-engine, resplendent in finish 
of rosewood and trimmings of polished brass, and 
poor old " Black Hawk " went into a decline, and 
seldom came out of its hole again. The new 
machine was from Jeffers" works at Pawtucket, R. 
I., and was named " Vale Engine, No. i,'' in grate- 



lakes near tile center, reservoirs in all parts of the 
town, a well-e(|uipped hook and ladder company, 
several volunteer organizations, and later, a chemical 
extinguisher, with an enthusiastic body of firemen, 
the town in 1882 purchased a powerful steam fire- 
engine of the Silsby Manufacturing Company, of 
Seneca Falls, N. Y. In the same year the Wakefield 
Water Company laid its pipes through the streets 
of Wakefield, and a contract was made with the 
company to furnish for the town's use si.xty fire- 
hydrants in desired locations, and this number has 
since been increased to over one hundred. In 




RKSIDENCE OF MR. FRED B. CARPENTER, MAIN STREET. 



ful lecognition of a large gift to the engine company 
from the famous tin manufacturer of South Reading, 
Burrage Yale, Esq., whose tin pedler's carts were 
for many years known all over New England. 
The " Yale " distinguished herself in many fields, 
and saved much property from destruction. She is 
still retained by the town, though occupying a 
second place, and regarded with respect and appre- 
ciation. Occasionally, even now, the veteran fire- 
fighters of other days pull out the machine with 
strong and kindly hands, and bring home the " old 
Vale " decked with first prize from some firemen's 
muster. In addition to this worthv machine, two 



1882, also, was organized the Home Fire Protective 
.\ssociation, which advocated and put in practice 
the principle of " promptness with small appliances." 
This association, of whom the leading spirit was 
Mr. Rufus Kendrick, so demonstrated its value and 
usefulness that the town soon adopted its principles 
and methods, and as a result now owns one hun- 
dred and six Johnson pumps, with rubber hose 
attached, which, with fire-buckets and cans, are 
located in houses all over the town. Under recent 
statutes forest fire wards are annually appointed, 
who render important service in the prevention and 
extin^fuishment of forest fires. There is in" success;- 



ful operation in the town an electric tire-alarm 
telegraph, with ten miles of wire, an electric clock, 
five fire-alarm boxes and fire-gongs. 



Banking Institutions. 



The earliest savings bank in the town was incor- 
porated in 1833, with a capital of ten thousand 
dollars, and called the South Reading Mechanic 
and Agricultural Institution. The late Capt. 
Thomas Emerson and the late Hon. Lilley Eaton 
were active in its formation, and as president and 



uel Gardner, Edward Mansfield, and Cyrus Wake- 
field, directors. This bank was reorganized under 
United States laws, as the National Bank of South 
Reading, in 1865, with the same officers as before. 
The president, cashier, and most of the directors 
remained at their posts until death took them, Maj. 
George O. Carpenter and Edward Mansfield, Esq., 
being the only survivors. The present officers of 
this stanch and important institution of Wakefield 
are Cyrus G. Beebe, president ; Thomas Winship, 
cashier (succeeding Mr. Eaton ) ; Frank A. Winship, 
assistant cashier, and C. G. Beebe, George O. Car- 
penter, Thomas Emerson, James F. Emerson, 




RESIDENCE OF MR. GEO H. MADDOCK, LAWKtNLh- b 1 KEET. 



treasurer, respectively, remained as such for nearly 
forty years, until their deaths. Hon. Thomas Win- 
ship succeeded Mr. Eaton as treasurer, having filled 
the otiice for over twenty years, and Mr. Thomas 
Emerson, the younger, is now the president of the 
institution, which is still safe. 

The South Reading Bank was incorporated as a 
state bank in 1854. Mr. George O. Carpenter 
was active and efficient in its organization. Its 
first officers were Capt. Thomas Emerson, presi- 
dent, and Hon. Lilley Eaton, cashier, and Thomas 
Emerson, Lucius Beebe, George O. Carpenter, Sam- 



Daniel G. Walton, Junius Beebe, and Fred B. Car- 
penter, directors. The Wakefield Savings Bank 
was incorporated by the Legislature in .1869, Cyrus 
Wakefield becoming the first president, and Daniel 
Allen the first treasurer. It has had a prosperous 
career until the present time, and is now one of the 
most solid and useful of Wakefield's institutions. 
The principal officers are Thomas J. Skinner, presi- 
dent ; Richard Britton, treasurer and clerk. 

The Wakefield Co-operative Bank was organized 
as a corporation under the Public Statutes of the 
Commonwealth, Jan. 19, 1887, and began business 



March 5, 1887, with an authorized capital of one 
million dollars. Its depositors become shareholders 
in the bank, the plan being to make small monthly 
payments on their shares, and are thoroughly pro- 
tected by statute regulations and carefully devised 
by-laws. Its loans are principally on real estate 
security. The bank has become quite popular in 
the town, its alfairs having been intelligently and 
wisely administered by the managers, with the spirit 
of accommodation toward borrowers, and a constant 
regard for the safety of investments. Its chief 
officers are Arlon S. Atherton, president, and Harry 
Foster, treasurer and secretary. 

The Wakefield Historical Society was organized 



more clearly understand the sources and growth of 
their municipal life and institutions, and have their 
feet more surely guided by the " lamp of experience." 
The members are diligently collecting mementos, 
relics, pictures, books, and writings, and placing the 
same in their room for preservation, where they 
may always be available for examination and study, 
and represent for the instruction of a rushing and 
utilitarian age something of the character and work 
of the fathers. 

The population and valuation of the town since 
its separation and incorporation as South Reading, 
in 18 1 2, have steadily increased, starting out with 
about eight hundred inhabitants and one hundred 




RESIDENCE OF MR. T. F. SMITH, CHESTNUT STREET. 



in February, 1890, and may be mentioned as a 
semi-municipal institution, inasmuch as it is granted 
a room in the town hall, and its objects are not for 
any private advantage, but have in view the pro- 
motion of the best interests of the town in general. 
In the spirit of love and loyalty to and for the 
honor of the old town, the membership of this 
society seek to shed some light on the path of her 
progress through the trials and perils, the hopes and 
fears of two and a half centuries of existence, to the 
end that the present generation of citizens may 



thousand dollars' worth of real and personal estate. 
Following are interesting statistics in this connec- 
tion : — 

A. D. POPULATION. \-ALUATION. 

1812 800 $100,000 

1820 1,000 192,635 

1830 1-3 1 1 247,084 

1840 1,517 279,409 

1850 2,407 755-019 

i860 3.207 1,861,319 

1870 4.135 2,544.523 



A. D. POPULATION. VALUATION. 

1880 5,547 ?3.43S.2°S 

1885 6,060 3,726,800 

1890 7,000 4,623.305 

1893 about 7,400 5,607,220 

During two hundred and fifty years of liealthy 
growth Wakefield has made constant and persistent 
progress toward the ideal of a town for the homes 
of an industrious, intelligent, and progressive popu- 
lation, adding year by year something to enrich, 
improve, or adorn, until she now stands, not perfect, 
yet beautiful, in the maturity of her charms, and 
possessing every reasonable attraction and institu- 



Dr. John Hart. 



There is coming toward us a striking figure, a 
man with white hair, clad in a long and broad- 
skirted coat, smallclothes, with large knee buckles 
and pointed toed boots. The weather is cold and 
we feel like buttoning our overcoats to the chin, but 
he has no outside garment and is walking with a 
vigorous stride. Who is it .' Oh, that is Dr. John 
Hart, and he is going to visit a patient, carrying his 
medicines in the capacious pockets of his coat. He 
is the king of the doctors and autocrat of most 
things in this neighborhood. Like Victor Hugo, 
he despised overcoats and never wore one. 




RESIDENCE OF MR. EDWARD A. RICH, YALE AVENUE. 



tion of worth to make suburban life pleasant and 
desirable. Many fair cities and towns cluster about 
Boston by the sea, sustaining her varied industries 
and institutions, and contributing to the lustre of 
her fame, and Wakefield is one of the oldest and 
yet one of the brightest of these jewels in the 
thickly studded tiara resting upon the yet un- 
wrinkled brow of the (^ueen City of New England. 



He was a surgeon in the Army of the Revolution, 
and had, I think, a personal acquaintance with 
General Washington. Though his opportunities 
for an education were limited, he came to the front 
by his force of character, and maintained his posi- 
tion, exerting through life a wide influence, not only 
in Reading and South Reading, but in the neigh- 
boring towns as well. He was " the doctor " for 
all the region round about. In visiting his patients 
he either rode horseback or went on foot, never in 
a sulky, which he despised. 



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His horse was so slow that persons requirint; his 
services preferred to have him come on foot. He 
was moderator of the town meetings, school com- 
mittee, selectmen, representative in the general 
court, senator, justice 
of the peace, etc. Any 
person desiring to 
know something of the 
offices held by the 
doctor is referred to 
his tombstone in the 
cemetery. The in- 
scription was written 
by Rev. Reuben Em- 
erson. 

He lived in a house 
upon the site where 
now stands the resi- 
dence of Mrs. Ann E. 
Eaton. The front yard 

was shaded by large elm trees, one of which still 
remains. The house was sold and removed to 
Crescent Street, where, somewhat changed, it stands 
now, and is owned by Mr. John Day. He owned a 
large tract of land, much of it rocky and covered 
with wood. \\'hat used to be Dr. Hart's o.x pasture 
where we went to gather berries is now intersected 
by Valley Street and other streets with numerous 
houses. He had large barns and a cider mill, all 
which are now gone. There was an apple tree on 





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THE OLD HOPKINS HOMESTEAD. 



the land now of Mrs. Flint, of which the doctor had 
high opinion, saying it was as good as the Baldwin 
and a little better. 

In those days the road from the south part of the 

town to what is now 
Salem Street passed on 
the west side of the 
Common to the Con- 
gregational meeting- 
house. 

After a time the road 
on the east side of the 
Common was built. 
The doctor, having 
opposed the road, re- 
fused to ride over it. 
15ut he had a dog that 
" knew some things," 
and when the doctor 
went to visit a patient 
on Salem Street, he trotted across the base of the 
triangle, while his master rode around. He waited 
at the corner of Salem Street till the doctor came 
along. After a time, however, the doctor also 
came to take the short cut, also. 

One of our oldest citizens does not like the doctor 
because he would not let the children pick up the 
sweet apples that dropped from his trees. 

He says the doctor had an old pugnacious ram 
that used to run with tlie sheep in the pasture, so 



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RESIDENCE OF MR. E. SUMNER HOPKINS. 



that the children were afraid to go there to pick 
berries. One day the doctor was out in his yard, 
and the ram was there loose. As soon as he saw 
the doctor he put down his head and charged. He 
struck the doctor upon his knee, who went down as 
if he had been struck by a six pound shot. His 
men ran to his assistance, but he refused to be 
helped into the house until they had caught and 
killed the ram in his presence. 

The boys used to tell a story of the doctor in 
town meeting. The doctor was moderator and the 



State of Qitannapowitt. 

A NOTABLE LEGISLATIVE SESSION'. 

The " House of Representatives of the Common- 
wealth of Quannapowitt" originated in the desire 
of many intelligent citizens to become better ac- 
quainted with parliamentary rules governing debate, 
and also to acquire an ease in public discussions in 
town meetings or in other deliberative assemblies. 
The town was designated as the Commonwealth, 
and each street or any particular locality was con- 



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RESIDENCE OF MRS. HARRIET N. FLINT, MAIN STREET. 



subject had been discussed sufficiently, in his 
opinion. 

A man in the meeting wanted to have his say 
about it, and addressed the chair. " Mr. Modera- 
tor " ; the doctor took no notice. " Mr. Modera- 
tor," in a louder key- Still no recognition. By 
this time the speaker became angry. " Mr. 
Moderator, I wish to speak, and I 7C'i7/ speak." 
" By George," said the doctor, " you vuiy speak ; no- 
body cares what you say." The speaker declined 
to go on. 

The doctor must have had a large brain and a 
great organ of firmness. I should like to see one 
of his old hats. P- 



sidered a town from which the members were 
sent. 

The Legislature first convened at the State Hall, 
(the old town house) on the evening of Feb. ii, 
1858, and the House was called to order by Prof. 
William Heath, of Avon, the oldest member present, 
who, after a short but pertinent speech, appointed 
a committee to collect, sort, and count votes for 
speaker ; which duty being performed, Hon. Lilley 
Eaton, of Main and Park, was declared to be the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the 
Commonwealth of Quannapowitt. On being con- 
ducted to the Chair, Mr. Eaton addressed the House 
in a very neat and appropriate speech, setting forth 



some of the benefits to be derived from the organi- 
zation. A ballot was then taken for a Clerk of the 
House, and Edward Mansfield, of Main, was declared 
to be unanimously elected. James .M. Evans, of 
Salem, was with great unanimity chosen sergeant-at 
arms. 

On motion of Prof. B. F. Tweed, of Avon, the 
rules and orders of the ^Massachusetts House of 
Representatives for 1858 were adopted so far as 
applicable to this body, until otherwise ordered. 
Before proceeding to further business it was thought 
proper to inquire who were members of the Legis- 
lature, but it was agreed that all those present 
should be considered members, if they so desired, 
and if any persons should be placed on committees 
who did not wish to serve they could be excused by 
notifying the proper officials. 

It is proper here to remark that said committee 
subsequently reported " that all persons holding 
season tickets of the South Reading Lyceum, or 
having paid an entrance fee at the door, shall be 
entitled to be enrolled as members of the House of 
Representatives by reporting their names to the 
chairman of the committee on elections." This 
report was not fully satisfactory, and N. S. Dearborn, 
of Chestnut, moved to amend so that all should be 
members who were holders of season tickets on the 
Boston & Maine Railroad. This amendment was 
lost and the report recommitted. At another meet- 
ing of the House, the committee reported that all 
who apply for adujission may become members of 
this House by reporting their names for enrolment 
to the chairman of the committee on elections. 
This report was accepted and adopted. The 
speaker appointed the usual committees, nineteen 
in number, and then the House was in working 
order. 

The first petition was presented by Mr. Heath, 
signed by Miss Representation, Miss Fortune, Aunt 
E. Slavery, Miss Ann Thrope, Mrs. Sippy, and four 
hundred and seventeen other ladies of Womans- 
rightsville, praying for all the rights of citizenship 
which are enjoyed by the sterner sex. The presenter 
made a warm and animated speech, setting forth 
the nature of the petition and the importance of the 
subject, and closed by moving its reference to the 
committee on elections. This motion called forth 
an animated discussion as to what committee the 
petition should be referred, many contending that 
the committee on elections was not the proper one. 
Mr. J. Nichols, of Elm, moved its reference to the 



committee on the Judiciary, and Mr. Upton, of 
Montrose, moved to amend so as to refer it to the 
Committee on Fisheries. 

After an interesting debate it was sent to the 
committee on the Judiciary. This committee re- 
ported at a subsequent meeting " leave to withdraw," 
but it was recommitted with instructions to report a 
bill in compliance with the requests of the peti- 
tioners, .^n order was offered by J. ^L Evans that 
the Committee on Banks and Banking be directed to 
inquire into the expediency of incorporating a sav- 
ings bank in South Reading. E. A. Upton pre- 
sented an order for the appointment of a select 
committee with instructions to report a bill for the 
relief of old bachelors. L^pon taking the question 
it was found that an equal number had voted in 
the affirmative and in the negative, whereupon the 
Speaker, by a casting vote, declared in favor of the 
order, and at the next meeting appointed five un- 
married men as that select committee, making E. A. 
Upton chairman thereof. That partial relief was 
gained to that class of our citizens known as " old 
bachelors " may be inferred from the fact that the 
chairman of that select committee, Mr. Upton, a few 
short years after, took to himself an amiable wife, 
and still a few years later another member of the 
committee followed the example of the chairman. 
Two have gone to that land where marriage is un 
known, and one, who hailed from Prospect (more 
familiarly known as Cowdrey's Hill), still li\es in 
single bliss, and smokes his pipe as in days of yore, 
contented and happy as any Hero. 

Among the public officers elected by the Legis- 
lature was that of major general, and the choice 
was unanimously made of N. S. Dearborn, of Chest- 
nut, who was an active member of the House. It 
was not my intention to follow all the motions and 
reports to their final issue, but merely to give a 
" sample " of the doings of the first and final winter 
session of the Legislature of the big State of Quan- 
napowitt. 

In the early spring other interests so attracted 
the minds of the people that the Legislature ad- 
journed sine die, which proved to be equivalent to 
dissolution. 



Antique Relics. 



In the possession of Mr. Henry Parker, of Wake- 
field, are two most curious and valuable relics, being 
specimens of the choicest and most delicate needle- 



work, preserved in ancient frames, and representing 
scenes of Bible history, — one showing Caleb and 
Joshua returning from an excursion into the 
promised land, bearing the luscious grapes of Es- 
chol : the other scene being taken from the life of 
Abraham, when an angel appeared to him with an 
announcement concerning Isaac, his son. These 
antique relics were formerly owned by the Rev. 
\\'illiani Hobby, the sixth minister of the old parish, 



a landmark of days gone by. It stood the gales 
of many winters, was the silent witness of the 
burial of generations, and was looked upon by 
many sturdy settlers and farmers who had been 
compelled to put it to the uses for which it was 
built. 

In 1 76 1, the First Parish built a pound at the 
expense of ten pounds, thirteen shillings, four 
pence ; it was located on the spot where the brick 




RESIDENCE OF MR. ALBERT J. WRIGHT, LAKESIDE. 



who was ordained in 1733 and died in 1765, and 
tradition states that these curiosities belonged to 
his grandmother, who was probably the wife of Mr. 
William Hobby, a prosperous merchant of Boston in 
1669. Mr. Parker, the present owner of the articles, 
is a descendant of the Hobby family, and Miss 
Lucy Hobby, a daughter of the Rev. William, died 
many years ago in the house of Mr. Parker's grand- 
mother, Mrs. Jonathan Emerson. These curious 
specimens of the skill of a past age will be exhibited 
in the collection of historic relics on the days of the 
great celebration. 



The Old Pound. 



This old parish and town institution was long 



house of the late Ebenezer Wiley now stands (next 
to the Universalist Church). Long after it was 
removed to its recent location at the southwest 
corner of the old burying-ground, and there it stood 
until a few years ago, doing its duties as a safe 
keeper of cattle with straying inclinations. Four 
large willow trees were at each corner of the 
enclosure. They were probably planted when the 
pound was first made — an example of the fore- 
sight and judgment of our ancestors in providing 
shade for their dumb animals. 

The stones taken from its walls were used in the 
bridge on Albion Street near Byron. The timber 
was old and badly decayed. The space which it 
has occupied forms a part of the old cemetery, by 
a recent vote of the town. 



Representative Business Men 

a 
OF 

NORTH READING. 



J. B. 7V^'??I-KNE, 



MANUFACTUKER OF 



Market, Store, Express, flilk, and Meat 

WAGONS, 

Carriages, Sleighs, Pungs, Etc. 



Repairing done in all its branches. 



CARPENTER & FRENCH, 



DEALERS IN 



Baled Hay, Meal Feed, Hardware, 
Tinware, and Yankee Notions. 



K. A. CARPENTER. 



S. F. FRENCH. 



S. B. ABBOTT. 



HERBERT ABBOTT. 



S. E. ABBOTT S CO. 

SHOE AND SHOE HEEL 
FACTORY. 

.PARK STREET. 



O. P. SYMONDS & SONS, 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

Boxes and Box Shooks, 

And all kinds of 

RKCKING CKSES. 

Factories at 
ISO. REPCDING KND STONEHT^TU^. 



O. r. SVMONDS. 



B. K. SVMONDS. 



W. H. SYMONDS. 



ARTHUR F. UPTON, 



DEALER IN 



Groceries, Flour, and 
Grain, 

Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, and Hardware. 

I^^Near the depot. 

HENRY H. DAME, 

Tonsorial ■^'"'^ 
^i-l^ Artist. 



Reminiscences of South Reading. 

Joshua Tweed. 

Go back fifty years and take with me a look at 
South Reading. We see a man coming along the 
street, a stout, portly man, in his sliirt-sleeves, wear- 
ing a leather apron, his hands locked behind his 
back, walking with a rather free and easy gait, quite 
diverse from that of Mr. John Gpuld. Don't know 
him ? It is Mr. Joshua Tweed. Mr. Tweed made 



when it stood on the site occupied by the house of 
Mr. Sylvanus Clark. He loved to gather about 
him a delighted circle of little children, as he 
wrought at his work, whom he taught to sing ; and, 
when they came to a ditficult place in the tune, he 
would shove up his spectacles upon his forehead and 
with his " long stick " in hand, beat the time with 
great gravity and precision, singing at the same 
time the air. or the bass, as seemed needful. 

Mr. Tweed's sons have achieved distinction. 




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RESIDENCE OF MR JOHN G. ABORN, MAIN STREET. 



shoes, as did nearly everybody in South Reading at 
the time, was a natural singer, could imitate with 
great accuracy the speech of different persons, and 
enjoyed equally a good joke or a good dinner. He 
might have been an alderman if South Reading 
had been a city at the time ; only that, perhaps, wit 
is not considered a necessary qualification for that 
office. 

He led the singing in the Baptist meeting-house 



Hon. Harrison Tweed, late of Taunton, as a mer- 
chant and legislator, and Prof. B. F. Tweed, of 
Cambridge, as an educator, are known to fame. 
Not so well known here, perhaps, is Judge Charles 
Austin Tweed, who was a judge in Arizona. The 
daughters, of whom there were three, were not 
inferior to the sons, especially Miss Olive P. Tweed, 
who died much lamented at the age of seventeen. 
Those persons who are acquainted with Prof. 



Cesspools 



und Vaults. 



Send your orders for removing 
contents of Cesspools and Vaults 
to R. Philpot, if you want the 
work done neatly and quickly- 
My apparatus is fully equipped, 
and I attend to all orders promptly. 

D!^ Disinfectants always used. 

My prices are as low as the lowest. 

R. PHILPOT, 

76 Dell Avenue, 
Melrose. 



Wakefield 

- Trp Co. 

F. S. HUNNEWELL & CO., 
Proprietors. 

Icehouses located on the south 
shore of Crystal Lake, from which 
town water is secured. Ice taken 
from this lake is acknowledged to 
be perfectly pure. 

Family Trade a Specialty. 

Special Prices to Store Trade. 



ICE 



ORDER BOX AT 

WaRclield Post Ofllce. 



SFIELD 
BOARD ©P TIRADl 

Orj&nizetl Mov. 30, 1886. 



icers f@r i^m, Y<^^r ISf^. 



Presldeat, 



JATvIKS K. EMKRSON. 



Vice-Presidents, 

1st, WILLIANl G. STRONG. 





2(1, C. T. C. WHITCOMB. 




3d, A. A. MANSFIELD 




Secretary, 


ALSTEA.D W. BROWN ELL. 




Treasurer, 




HUGH CONNELL. 




Bxecutive Committee, 


E. D. Weston, 


Geo. H. Sweetser, F. O. Clark, 


A. H. Tliaver, 


N. E. Cutler, C. G. Beebe, 


E. C. Miller, 


Thoinas Winship, E. G. Dalaiid, 


H. H. S.%vage, 


S. W. Flint, C. A. Bowser, 


Richard Britton 


Thomas Emerson, J. B. Murray, 


Joseph Connell 


A. S. Atherton, E. A. Rich. 



Regular Nleetings of tl^ie Board of Trade 
on ttie second. F^ridoy evening of each, month 
at its roonns, 57 A^lhion Street, at 8 o'clocU. 



ROGER HOWARD, 
CARPENTER f\nD BUILDER. 

Contracts promptly executed. WAKEFIELD. 

N^v Variety Store, 

including Teas and Crockery, at the Cheapest 
Boston Prices. 

No. 91 Railroad St., 

Near upper depot. 



FELIX DOUCET. 



T. R. NEWHALL, 
Granite Contractor, 

AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF 

ROUGH I HAMMERED GRANITE, 

Flagstone for Vault and Cistern Covers, Walks, 

Chimney Caps, &c., also, Paving Blocks, 

Edge and Cellar Stone, con = 

stantly on hand. 



15 EATON STREET, 



WAKEFIELD, MASS. 




RESIDENCE OF MR. DANIEL G. WALTON AND MR. THOMAS WINSHIP, RAILROAD STREET. 




RESIDENCE OF MR. SELIM S. WHITE, CHESTNUT STREET. 



li. V. Tweed are probably aware that wit has not knew who ilid it. " Parade the boys in a row,'" 

entirely ceased in that family. said Mr. Tweed, " and I think I can tell who did 

Of Mr. Tweed's jokes I give a specimen of two. it." The boys were paraded, and Mr. Tweed, with 





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RESIDENCE OF DR. CHARLES DUTTON, AVON STREET. 

.Some men were employed in blasting rocks, and a face of intense wisdom and gravity, looked up 
while they were gone to dinner the drilled hole was and down the line. •' It was that boy with the 
filled with dirt. M'hen the men returned, nobody feather on his nose," said Mr. Tweed. Up went 



IjOUIS hawss. 

CIVIL AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEER. 

SPECIALTIES: WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE. 

Coiieultation, Investig;atious, Surveys, Plans, Estimates of 

Cost, Specifications, and Siiperinteiiilence 

of Coiistructioii. 

Condition and Prospect of Works reported upon for Bondholders 
and others. 



Residence : 
20 AVON ST.. WAKEFIELD. 



Office: 
75 STATE ST.. BOSTON. 



■■"■ CHJS. F. H8RTSH0RNE J SON, »' 



FIRE, LIFE, 
ACCIDENT, 

PLATE CLASS 

Strongest companies in the country, either Office, 

Stock or Mutual, represetued at this CITY HALL, MAIN ST.. 

agency. Real Kstate bought and sold on 

commission. Mortgages negotiated. WAKEFIELD. 



J. HOWARD EAn^S, 



DEALER IN' 



Heats, Provlsioins, and Vegetabks. 

Waketield days: Orders by Postal 

Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. promptly attended to. 

Residence, Wilmington. 

7X. D. ceccK. 

DEALER IN 

Foreion and Domestic Fruits, 

Confectionery, Cigars, and Tobacco, 
418 MAIN STREET, - - WAKEFIELD. 



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, SANBORN MERHILL. 



Q. A. B. MERRILL. 



J. S. MERRILL & SON, 

WHOLESALE • AND • RETAIL • PAPER • HANGINGS. 

PROPRIETORS OF 

Merrill's Patent Picture and Wall Hooks. 

Resilience, Park Ave., WakefieW. 55 ELM ST., BOSTON. 



the hand of one of the boys to his nose, and the 
culprit was discovered. 

Mr. Tweed was skilled in arithmetic. At the 
South schoolhonse some mischief was done during 
the noon recess. 

Nobody could tell who did it. The only boys 
about at the time were Jeremiah and Thomas Green 
and Nathaniel Vinton. 

Mr. Tweed undertook to find out the offender by 
ciphering. He took a slate and made figures upon 
it, with a face of portentous gravity. Looking over 
the figures, he said, " Now, take Thomas from Jerry, 



the early annals of the town. The house itself was 
erected in the early part of the last century, but an 
humbler and older edifice once stood on this estate, 
somewhat to the north of the present building. 

Our readers have doubtless often observed with 
curiosity this ancient and capacious dwelling-house, 
not attractive, save for its associations and its antiq- 
uity, but few have stopped to reflect on the scenes 
of joy and sorrow, of hops and disappointment, that 
have been witnessed within its walls. 

This estate was probably first occupied by William 
Eaton, one of the early settlers of the town, and suc- 




RESIDENCE OF MISS E. E. BOIT, RICHARDSON AVENUE. 



you can't, but take Jerry from Thomas and there 
remains Nathaniel. Nat, it was you did it." 

" So 'twas," said Nat, in great astonishment ; 
"but I don't see how you found it out." F. P. 



" White's Old House." 



The time-honored domicile standing in a com- 
manding and beautiful location on the easterly bor- 
ders of Lake Quannapowitt, and known to this 
generation by the name appearing at the head of 
this article, has quite a histor}-, reaching far back to 



cessively by his son, John Eaton, and grandson, 
William Eaton, a weaver, who conveyed it in 1706 
to his brother-in-law, Capt, Thomas Nichols, a car- 
penter, and one of the most prominent citizens of 
the old town. This deed to Captiin Nichols de- 
scribes the estate as follows : " About thirty acres on 
the east side of the Great Pond, with housing, fencing, 
etc., it being the same my honored father, John 
Eaton, died seized of, and bounded westerly by 
town highway, easterly by land of Thomas Burnap 
and Dea. Fitch, northerly by land of Thomas 
Nichols that was Jonas Eaton's, southerly by land 
of said Nichols and of Thomas Burnap, excepting 



THE HALF-TONES IN THIS SOUVENIR 
WERE MADE BY 

C. J. PETERS & SON, 

145 High Street, 

BOSTON. 

estimates cheerfully furnished. 



J 



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BAKER AND QflTEKEK. 



8 DaQinigirt 



s^iiTd Bv^nyiiog Wn.ril'^s, Wa'di" 



4'm% JBreaHfg^ste} apd 1^^° 



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Telephone No. 7-3. 
House, 7-2. 



Mm STiEET, 
iELlOSEo 



Forty Years a PoDlIc Decorator. 



Knowi) ail over New England. 



COL WILLIAM BEALS, 



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il Public Dec©irat©r, 

98 COURT STREET, BOSTON. 



TU^HNUFKCTURSR OR 



RICH SIL-K BANNERS MND FL-HCS. 



He has accumulated the largest stock of Decorations in the country, and it has 
been recently replenisiied new. Decorations of halls for banquets and balls a 
specialty. 



FLAGS AND DECORATIONS 
OF Al,l, KINDS TO LET. 



MOURMXG DRAPING, 

A SPECIAI.TV. 



'he country road that crosses the lot, at place called 
' bottom of the lots,' subject to life occupation of 
my honored mother, Elizabeth Eaton. The con- 
sideration was one hundred pounds. Release by 
wife, Mary." 

In 1729, Thomas Nichols sold the place to his 
son, Timothy Nichols, at that time described in 
deed as follows : " The southerly part of my 
homestead, containing about thirty-six acres, 
bounded southerly by land of John Dix (now of 
the Emerson heirs) ; easterly by the highway that 
leads from Reading to Salem ; northerly by the 
land I bought of Jonas Eaton, till it comes to land 



poet. These Boston gentlemen, in 1784, sold the 
estate to Thomas Evans, who owned and occupied 
it many years, and by his heirs was sold to John 
White, Jr., by whose representatives it is still held, 
and who take great interest in preserving it in as 
good condition as possible as a relic and landmark 
of former days. Long may it stand. 



Personal Reminiscences. 

John Gould. 

In "ye olden times," there were in all ourJNew 
England towns some men of strongly marked 




RESIDENCE OF MR. HARRY PITTOCK, BYRON STREET. 



I sold to my son, Ebenezer Nichols ; westerly by 
the town's highway by the pond, together with the 
small piece of land lying between said highway and 
said pond." The consideration was ^150. 

The estate was held by Timothy Nichols some- 
what over thirty years, and then passed to the 
Batchelder family, and in 1777 was sold by Rev. 
Samuel Batchelder, of Haverhill, to Nathaniel Apple- 
ton and Oliver Wendell, of Boston, merchants, who 
purchased it for ;^9o5 6s. 8d, as a refuge in case 
Boston should be taken by the British forces. Mr. 
Wendell was a relative of Dr. O. W. Holmes, the 



characteristics. I remember several cases of this 
kind ; as I write, the erect form of one of our lead- 
ing men rises before me, and I can almost hear the 
tones of his voice. I refer to Mr. John Gould, who 
resided up a lane near the corner of Main and 
Salem Streets. 

Mr. Gould, as I recollect him, must have been si.x 
feet in height, as straight as an arrow, upright and 
downright, physically, mentally, and morally. His 
inflexibility manifested itself in the tones of his 
voice, in his erect bearing, in his gait. He illus- 
trated perfectly Spenser's idea, in the couplet : — 



Jordan ^ s ^^=^^***^ 

Drug Store. 

Pure Drugs, Ice Cream Soda, Fresh Fruit Juices, 
Cigars, Confectionery, Toilet Articles, etc. 



Prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours. 



428 Main Street. 



JOHN W. HARNDEN, 

Halrcatterp 

^^:se> 7UTK1N STREET. 
1673. 1694. 

Mass Lizzie T, KeMey, 
Dressmaker, 

458 Hain Street — ^— 



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PACTDR^Tf <\v -^^^ FANCY^ CABINET" WORK» 

15-LAKE ST..^^"WAKEFiELD.MASS-P|A2ZA-WQS^ "™ ™"^""'" 



ATTENTION 



LUCAS BROTHERS. 



DEALERS IN 



Watches^ Clocks^ Jewelry, 

Stationery and Fancy Goods. 

\yatcb, Clock, and Jewelry Repairing, 
and Picture Framing. 

Special Attention tit 
Fitting Glasses. 

406 Main Street, Wakefield. 



l.iBALEK IN' 

PROVISIONS, 



Beef, Pork, Lard, 
Ham, Eggs, etc. 



Post Office Building, 

WAKF.FIELD. 



L 



OWSLL STREET 

GREENHOUSES. 



L^tadiof Pterift 

Speciality of Floral Designs aind 
Interior Plorail Decoration. 



Bride, Mermet, 
id Qontier. 



N. H. I DOlisL, 



CONTRACTOR 
AND BUILDER 

Of an .orts of "^^TQ I^I^» 

Residence, No. 4 Spaulding St., Wakefield. 



looses "^^r: 

Bulbs atpd Pot Plarjts 



Day-break, Spray, 
and Wilder. 



IN THEIR SEASON. 



SAMUML T. PARKBR, 

Florist, 

203 Lowell St., Wakefield. 




^^fvr-^V*'*-- *^ 



RESIDENCE OF MR. A. A. HAWKES, MAIN STREET. 



" For of the soul the body form doth take, 
For soul is form, and doth the body make." 

Mr. Gould was an ardent admirer of " Young's 
Night Thoughts," and it is safe to say that no one 
ever conversed with him five minutes and failed to 
hear some apt quotation from that poem. In fact, 
he obtained the sobriquet 
of " Dr. Young." 

Mr. Gould was a good 
citizen, interested in town 
affairs, frequently heard 
in town meetings, and was 
town clerk for I don't 
now how many years. I 
remember some charac- 
teristic remarks made by 
him in town meeting, on 
a question of ownership 
of a small building that 
had been occupied as a 
school house by the small 
children of the North 
Ward, before that section 
had been formally sepa- 
rated from the Centre 
district. Mr. Gould's 
brother, Capt. James 
Gould (I know not on 
what grounds), claimed 
the buildings as his prop- 



erty. The subject of my sketch, regardless of rela- 
lationship, took a different view and closed his 
speech thus : " Mr. Moderator : That building no 
more belongs to my brother James than all the 
kingdoms of the world belonged to a certain char- 
acter that we read of in the Bible." T. 




RESICE.SCE OF MR. FRANK A CLAPP, LAWRENCE STREET. 




MEMBERS OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY. 



Dr. Charles Jordan. Dr. Samuel W. Abbott. 

Dr. John R. Mansfield. Dr. Joseph D. Ma:isfield. Dr. Joseph \V. Heath. 

Dr. Charles Dutton. Dr. Curtis L. Soplier. 



MEDICAL MEN> 



Dr. Joseph D. Mansfield, one of the oldest 
professional men in Wakefield, was born in Lynn- 
field, March 22, 1817. He received his education 
at the South Reading and Reading Academies and 
the Woodstock Vermont Medical College, from which 
he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1841. 
He immediately entered upon the practice of med- 
icine in his adopted town and has been one of its 
prominent physicians. In 1857, in connection with 
his medical practice, he established a drug store, 
which he successfully carried on for over forty years. 
For more than half a century Dr. Mansfield has been 
a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society. 

Charles Jordan, M. D., was born in Saco, Me., 
Oct. 17, 1S2S, and is the son of Rishworth and 
Mary Jordan. His early education was obtained in 
the district school and academy of his native town. 
He afterward entered a drug store in Saco, Me., in 
which he served one year, also two years in a Boston 
drug store, after which he studied medicine with 
Dr. Charles G. Green, of Boston. In 1857, he 
entered the medical college of Brunswick, Me., and 
afterward the medical department of Dartmouth 
College, from which institution he graduated in 
1858, and attended lectures at Harvard Medical 
School the following winter. He commenced the 
practice of medicine and surgery in South Reading, 
now Wakefield, in December, 1858. In 1859, he 
became a member of the Middlesex East District 
Medical Society and Massachusetts Medical Society ; 
served three years on the Board of School Committee 
and three years on the Board of Health. In 1862 he 
was examined before a board of surgeons in Boston, 
and was passed as surgeon at large, but, having relin- 
quished the idea of entering the army, he remained 
in Wakefield, continuing the practice of medicine up 
to the present time. 

Dr. Samuel Warren Abbott, born in Woburn, 
Mass., in 1S37, was son of Capt. Samuel Abbott. 

Dr. Abbott was educated in the public schools of 
Woburn, at Phillips Academy, Andover, and at 
Brown University, graduating at the latter in 1858. 
He then studied medicine at the University of 
Pennsylvania, and at Harvard Medical College, 
graduating at the latter. He served throughout the 
Rebellion (i85i-'65) aS a medical officer, three years 
in the U. S. Navy, regular service, and one year as 
surgeon of the First Massachusetts Cavalry. 

He settled in Wakefield in i86g, and practised in 
the town until 18S3, at which time he was appointed 
as secretary of the State Board of Health, which 
position he now holds. 

He has held other important local offices, as 
president of the District Medical Society, as a 
member of the school committee of Wakefield, as 
coroner from 1872 to '77, and afterward as medical 
examiner. He is a member of the American Medical 



Association, the American Statistical Association, 
the .American Public Health Association, the Society 
of Hygiene of France, the Massachusetts Medicg,l 
Society, and the Massachusetts Medico-Legal SocietJS 
In 189 1, Dr. Abbott visited Europe as a delegate 
from the State of Massachusetts to the International 
Congress of Hygiene at London, in which he took a 
prominent part. He has contributed papers of 
recognized value to the Foni?)i, the North American 
Rairn.!, and especially to many medical and sani- 
tary journals, both in America and Europe. 

John Robbing Mansfield, M. D , was born in Car- 
lisle, March 23, 1832, and removed to Lowell with 
his parents when a small boy, and was educated in 
the public schools of that city. He studied medi- 
cine with Dr. Gilman Kimball, of Lowell, Mass., 
and graduated at Harvard Medical College March 3, 
1859, and the same year became a member of the 
Massachusetts Medical Society, practising medicine 
in Boston until 1861, when he went to New York 
City. There he became a member of the New 
York City and County Medical Society. He was in 
the active practice of medicine until he went into 
the army as surgeon in 1862. He returned to New 
York in 1863, and resumed his practice, and was a 
sanitary inspector for the Board of Health, and an 
attending physician at the Demilt Dispensary four 
years, and house physician six months. In 1869 he 
removed to Wakefield, where he has since been in 
active practice, and where for seven years was a 
member of the Board of Health. 

Charles Dutton, M. D., was born in Acton, 
June 29, 1839. He studied medicine with Levi 
Howard, M. D., of Chelmsford, and received his 
diploma from Harvard Medical College in 1863. 
He served as assistant physician at the New Hamp- 
shire Asylum for the Insane, at Concord, N. H., 
and at the Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Jack- 
sonville, 111., until 1868, when he located in Tyngs- 
borough, and has since been engaged in the general 
practice of medicine, removing from Tyngsborough 
to Wakefield in 1891. 

Joseph W. Heath, M. D., was born in Bristol, 
N. H., March 16, 1854, of parents Pliny E. and 
Martha E. (Wells). Dr. Heath graduated at the New 
Hampton Institution, June, 1873. Received medical 
diploma from Bowdoin Medical College, July, 1877. 
Immediately began practice of medicine in Rumney, 
N. H. ; remained there four and one half years ; 
came to Wakefield, Mass., May, 1881, where he still 
resides. 

Dr. Curtis L. Sopher was born at Poland 
Springs, Me., in the year 1867, and was educated at 
Hebron Academy, Bowdoin College, and L^niversity 
of Vermont, at which latter institution he received 
his medical diploma. After serving a year in the 
Lynn Hospital, he settled in Wakefield in i8gi. 



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Bi- Centennial Committee of 1S44. 

Dea. CALEB WAKFIELD, Chairman. 

FRANKLIN POOLE, Esq., Secretary. 

Capt. EBENEZER D. BATCHELDER. 

THADDEUS B. PRATT, Esq. 

THOMAS PRATT. 

Dea. EBEN E.\T0N. 

GEORGE FLINT, Esq. 

Dea. ELIAB PARKER, Jr. 

THOMAS SWEETSER. 

JOHN ADDEN, Jr. 

CHARLES NEWMAN. 

Col. JACOB S. RAYNER. 

CHARLES F. FLINT. 

AMOS BATCHELDER. 

J. B. LEATHE. 

Maj. OLIVER SWAIN. 

Dr. SOLON O. RICHARDSON. 

BENJ. B. WILEY, Esq. 

Capt. AARON FOSTER. 

JAMES EUSTIS. 

JAMES EMERSON. 

JOHN WHITE. 

Dr. THADDEUS SPAULDING. 

DANIEL PRATT, Jr., Esq. 

SAMUEL GARDNER, Jr. 

LILLEY EATON, Esq. 

Dea. ADDISON FLINT. 



An Echo from the Celebration Banquet 
of 1844. 

TOAST BY THE POET OF THE DAY. 

THE READINGS. 

" South, and West, and North, — 

Three sisters, born at the same birth, — 

Have met to-day, 'mid jo)' and cheer. 

To celebrate their natal year ; 

And though their age is now ten score. 

They're fairer now than e'er before ; 

And though they ne'er had spouse or brother, 

Yet thousands joy to call them mother ; 

Long may these sisters fair survive, 

Together live, and love, and thrive ; 

Rear up the children for all uses. 

To make the bureaux and the shoe'es." 



Personal Reminiscences of South 
Reading Days. 

Rev. Reuben Emerson. 

Rev. Reuben Emerson, so long the pastor of 
the Congregational Church in South Reading, was 
a marked character in his day. He was a man 
of ability and learning ; thoroughly orthodox and 
entertaining a high idea of the dignity of his pro- 



Wakefield Mjd Stoijeb^n) Street R^lw^y Conjp^ijy. 



President, CHARLES F. WOODWARD. 



Treasurer, JAHES F. SHAW. 



Clerk, EZRA M. SOUTHWORTH. 



DIRECTORS. 



CHAS. F. WOODWARD. DANIEL G. WALTON. EDWARD P. SHAW. JAMES F. SHAW 

GEORGE A. BUTMAN. EZRA M. SOUTHWORTH. J. WALLACE GRACE. 



Line from Wakefield Town Hall to Stoneham, opened July, 1892. 

E.xtension from Wakefield Town Hall to Greenwood, opened December, 1892. 

Extension from Wakefield Town Hall to Helrose Highlands, opened Spring, 1893. 

Extension from Wakefield Town Hall to Lynn, opened April 19, 1894. 

^^* E.xtension from Wakefield Town Hall to Reading, via Main Street, Lakeside, will 
open on or before May 28, the first day of the celebration, and cars will be run half hourly 
or quarter hourly both ways. Fare, 5 cents. 



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Meh-ose Highlands for Melrose, Maiden, Everett, Chelsea, and Boston. At Lynn, line for Lynn, 
Lynn Beach, Revere, Swampscott, Marblehead, and Salem. Fare from Stoneham or Wakefield to 
Lynn, lo cents. 

All Reading cars will meet Stoneham, Lynn, and Melrose cars at Wakefield Town Hall. 

SPECIAL THROUGH CARS CAN BE CHARTERED FOR ALL POINTS, 
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Choice Ferns. Palms, and Rare Exotic Plants a specialty. Fine Pot and 

Decorative Plants. Cut Flowers and Floral Designs. 

Selected Bedding Stock in its Season. 

Greenhouses, No, 140 VernOH St., Wakefield. 

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fession. During his life, he carried with him in his 
loalk and conversation his clerical dignity, with, 
])erhaps, a little touch of what would be regarded 
in these irreverent times as pedantry. He cer- 
tainly " magnified his office," and by his character 
" made it honorable." 

Mr. Emerson took much interest in the schools, 
always being present at the examinations, and not 
infrequently visiting them at other times. , 

I remember his coming to my father's one morn- 
inn;, with a member of the school committee of a 



fact that it happened at a time when the Baptists 
objected strongly to his " catechizing " the pupils 
in the public schools, as had been the custom. 
The sectarian lines were then pretty strictly drawn 
between the two societies, overriding political 
differences, and giving us yearly a Baptist and a 
Congregational candidate for the General Court. 

In fact, young people can hardly realize the 
strength of the feeling at that time existing between 
the two societies. 

Mr. E., as I have intimated, had a high regard 




RESIDENCE OF MR. CHARLES F. MANSFIELD, OTIS STREET. 



neighboring town, to recommend my eldest brother as 
a teacher. Mr. Emerson had known him in school, 
and testified to his qualifications for the oflice. 
.Vfter some hesitation, my father and mother 
allowed him to take the position. 

Our family were not members of his society, and 
this act of kindness was never forgotten. This 
was the more creditable to Mr. Emerson from the 



for the " cloth," and no doubt looked upon it as an 
unwarrantable presumption when Mr. G. F. Davis, 
a voung man of limi'ed education, but of much 
popular talent, assumed the pastoral relation in the 
Baptist society. It was then that the touch of cleri- 
cal pedantry to which I have alluded cropped out. 
He wrote a letter to Mr, Davis in Greek. Mr, 
Davis, who was not destitute of wit, went to Haver- 



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RESIDENCE OF MR. SILAS W. FLINT, MAIN STREET, 
GREENWOOD. 

hill, where Father Keiley, a very learned Baptist 
minister, was settled, and returned with an answer 
to the letter in Sansii-if. This was duly sent in an- 
swer to his Greek letter. The correspondence 
stopped here, or, if continued, was carried on, I 
think, in the vernacular. 

Mr. Emerson was dignified in his manners, 
whether in or out of the pulpit, and the young peo- 
ple regarded him with a respect almost amounting 
to reverence. 

In his later years, his apparently austere character 



was softened ; the old sectarian squabbles were for- 
gotten, and he enjoyed the respect and love of the 
whole community. Calling on him, when he was 
eighty years old, with my uncle, who had known him 
when young, I obtained an insight irto his charac- 
ter such as I had never seen before. 

His genial qualities seemed to have thawed out, 
and he told some stories, and indulged in some 
I'ieasant reminiscences with a hearty zest. 

Among others, he rallied my uncle, who was from 
New Fane, Vt., by saying that, when he was study- 
ing for the ministry, his chum said he was willing 
to labor anywhere in God's vineyard — except 
/ 'ertnoiit. 

In the course of the conversation, another re- 
minder of the parson of an old lady that had had a 
narrow escape, when run away with by a frightened 
horse. The old lady, in relating the affair to a crony, 
so excited her hearer by the recital that she ex- 
claimed, " What did you do ? " " Well," replied the 
old lady, " I put my trust in God, — till the breech- 
ing broke, and then I didn't know what would 
become of me." 

The moral that the parson drew was that many 
others put their trust in God in a similar manner. 

This interview and conversation didn't lessen 
my respect and even reverence for him ; but it 




RESIDENCE OF MR. J. WALLACE GRACE, CHESTNUT STREET. 



showed an element in his character that I had never 
seen before. After this, he was a frequent* visitor 
at my house ; and (the ice b.'ing broken) I found 
him an excelieiM conversationalist and a very agree- 
able visitor. All honor to his memory. B. F. T. 

A Glhnpse^of Local Politics Fifty- 
Six Years Ago. 

(Letter from a Suulli Reading gentleman to an absent friend on Cape 
Cod.) 

SoLiTH Re.-\ding, Nov. 13, 1838. 
MON Frere : — We yesterday had our town 
meeting for the purpose of electing state officers 
and representatives to General Court ; and such a 
town meeting ! I do not believe there ever has 
been its parallel since the settlement of Bean 'I'owii. 
On one of the ballots for representatives two hun- 
dred and fifty-nine votes were cast, the highest vote 
that ever was polled in the city. We commenced 
voting with Thos. Emerson, \A'hig; Jos. W. Vinton, 



Democrat lor />//////;', as it was most democrati- 
cally spelled on the printed ticket), and Jacob Eaton 
a sort of Whig, Temp. A. Slavery, neutral candi- 
date, as the prominent candidates. Thos. Emerson 
was elected on the fourteenth ballot by one hundred 
and twent}-si.x votes, which gave him on that vote a 
majority of one. Well, on we went with the 
business of the meeting to elect a second repre- 
sentative, and, after voting several times, the meeting 
adjourned for one hour to give the selectmen 
opportunity to count the votes for governor, etc., 
and we, the people, a chance to rest awhile and get 
something to eat if we chose. Baking business 
looked up, for there was a prodigious consumption 
of gingerbread on the occasion. At this time it 
was about a quarter past eight o'clock. .\t the e.x- 
piration of the hour's reprieve the vote for gover- 
nor, etc., was declared and stood as follows : E. 
Everett, one hundred and twenty-si.x ; M. Morton, 
ninety-four; J. Q. Adams, nine : \\'endell Phillips. 




THE WAKEFIELD HOMESTEAD, MAIN STREET. 



sixteen. For lieutiiiant governor : Hull, one hun- 
dred and twenty-five ; Sedgwick, one hundred and 
two ; J. W. Browne, sixteen. Representative in 
Congress : C. Cusiiing, one hundred and twenty-one ; 
G. P. Osgood, ninety-two : A. G. Sweetser, seven ; 
A. L. Walton, one ; f )ramge Scott, twenty-one. On 
the ticket for State senators the average vote was : 
Whig, about one hundred and twent3'-five ; Van 
Buren, eighty-nine. 

This done, at it we went again, balloting for 
representative to General Court. Candidates, J. M. 
^'inton, Jacob Eaton, and B. B. \\'iley. Things 
went on in this style till we had reached the four- 
teenth ballot on the trial for second representative, 
when a motion was made by Mr. Clapp to indefi- 
nitely postpone the meeting, whereupon I seconded 
the motion and made a speech, which, I am told, by 
the way, is the best speech I ever did make. This 
cooled tile ardor of the voters somewhat, but the)- 



voted it down and balloted twice more, with the 
same success as before. Another motion to indefi- 
nitely postpone was now made and, as the chairman 
declared, sustained. "Doubted." Chmrman : "If 
seven freeholders doubt the vote I will tiy it again." 
Seven men doubted it. "All who are in favor of 
indefinitely postponing this meeting will take their 
places On the right side of the alley till they are 
counted." On counting there were found about one 
hundred and thirty-seven for postponement and 
seventy-five against it ; so at a little past eleven 
o'clock P. M., the meeting was postponed accord- 
ingly. We had balloted t/iirty times in all. On 
the sixteenth ballot for second representative the 
vote stood as follows : B. B. Wiley, ninety-two ; J. 
W. Vinton, eighty-six ; Jacob Eaton, thirty-seven ; 
R. C. Wiley, one. Whole number, two hundred and 
sixteen. Just think of two hundred and sixteen 
voters sticking Ijv the Town Hall till in between 




RESIDENCE OF MR. THOMAS MARTIN, MAIN STREET. LAKESIDE. 




RESIDENCE OF MR. OTIS M. CUTLER, PARK STREET. 



eleven and twelve o'clock at night ! Hurrah I for 'Loco Foco, in Stoneham, Asa Buck, cold water 

the elective franchise ! The glorious right of suf- ^^'hig, after a long struggle. 

frage ! Whether we shall have another meeting, Hall, the baker, sold seventy sheets of ginger- 
yet remains to be seen. bread during the evening of our contest. 

In Lynnfield they elected John Swasey, rum, and Yours, etc., T. L. 




RESIDENCE OF REV. JOHN A. STAUMTON COSNE5 CRESCENT AND EATON STREETS. 



Some Historic Names and Dates. 



The " ijrant" to Lynn of " four miles square,"- 
Where Reading now and Wakefield are, — 
Ga\e name — '■'■Lynn Village^' — it sIkhiUI hear. 

This grant, — in sixteen thirty-nine, — 
Thus furnished Lynn " plantation " fine, 
I^evond tier former northern line. 

Around the " Gnat Pond" situate, — 
From L\nn " first settlers" came, elate. 
To Iniild tlie town we celebrate. 

And so, — that name this region wore. 
Till sixteen luuifired fortv-four. 
When, legalh', it '' Peddi/ig-" bore. 

How .i//i;/i/ -.x cliange — from </ to a. — 
Reveals the ''Meadiz/n-" of t//is day. 
With all her festal-streamers gay ! 

Two added miles this township won. 

In sixteen hundred fiftv-one, — 

When the •' \orth Precinct" growth hegun. 

In eighteen hundred tweh'e, — "tis shown, — 
From Reading's '•Southern Parish " grown, 
'•Soiitli Re-Aiiino" rose, — a sep'rate town. 

In eighteen himdred sixt\-eight. 

On Nation's glorious birthday fete, 

•■ Wakefield" appeared — in regal state. 

From those first years tradition brings 

Mementos of red forest-kings, 

Aroimd whose lives some romance clings. 



Inwrought with deeds of blood and pain. 

Like jewels u"oven in a chain, — 

Are found sweet notes of gentler strain. 

The son of Nanepashemet, 

Whose shoreward-camp the surges wet, 

Left record may be pondered yet. 

He wed the beautiful Weetamoo, 
Whose bridal and its ending, too. 
Our Qiiaker-poet pictiu'ed true. 

A Sachem's plumes this leader wore. 
Who proudly trod Lynn's ocean-shore. 
And died, — 'tis said, — at twenty-four. 

Then Winnepurkitt, — brother bold, — 
Led forth the Saugus tribe, we're tohl. 
For fifty years that onward rolled. 

He wed the fair Ahawayet, 
Where rocky coast the billows met 
^\'ith ceaseless dash, and foam and fret. 

There dwelt his dusky daughters, three :- 
Three winsome maidens ! Can it be 
No love-scenes rose beside the sea .' 

.Vnd only si/ence makes reply ! 

Peaceful the sunlit lakelets lie : — 

In Spring's sw-eet air bright banners fl\ I 

A prophet's vision is not mine, — 
And Wakefield's rank may not define, 
\Vhen her first centmy's sun shall shine ! 



J. s. E. 




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AS A PLACE OF RESIDENCE: 



^ WA KFlFlHf.D fS HEALTHFUL, PICTURESQUE, fe 

I AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE. . . 'W 



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hree-eiglith acre estate on romantic borders of Crystal Lake. Nice y^w 
residence and handsome Iniilding lot >< 

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WE ARE LOCAL AGENTS FOR 






Wal^efteld Parl^ and Cire;envood Parlv ;| 



and invite the opportunity of showing property. 



Eaton's Real Estate Agency 



Main St., opp. Avon St., Wakefield. 

A«- Write for our Illustrated Book "IN AND ABOUT WAKEFIELD." 



<'»iir 







Reading in 1869. 

Reader I cast \<n\x uvcs to the X. W. (if WaUe- 
field where sits queenlv Reailiiisj like a citv set on 
a hill not to he hid. .\ncicnt keadinsj, whose \ cars 
date tai' back. Mnsical Kcadinij, whose every other 
person is a singer, who tinnished the worhl re- 
nowned " old folks," and who now is honnd to be 
represented at the Peace lubilee. Nor are her 
singers all tiie old folks she possesses, for of course 
you " take the papers," and shoidd vou scan them 
carefully, you will see such ages as 92, 94, 96, &c. 
Patriotic Reading, who sent her sons to the coun- 
try's defence and then remembered those who fell, 
nor did she wait for another generation to build a 
monument, or go without. Literar\' Reading 
whose citizens write " such " articles and whose 
" Katydid" sings so sweetK, for you must know 
that the town is quite populous with Revs., and 
M. D.'s. 

Reatling was always noted for the morality of its 
inhabitants, for their prudent management, and for 
oKl fashioned sized families. Else were it not for 
the la.st, where would be the ponderous families of 
Parkers, Wakefields, Bancrofts. Xicliols, and others, 
who are noted at home and abroad. It is remark- 
able for another thing. When its son.s and daugh- 
ters breathe their last within its borders, one is not 
buried at the north, and another at the .south part, 
but all can sleep close beside their fathers of gener- 



ations past, in the beautiful cemetery which is not 
in the woods at the extreme limits of the town, but 
right in the- \ illage, close behind the old church 
where father and son worshipped. 

Reading Common too seems to have escaped the 
tate of too many others, in that of being a low 
sunken pond hole, but is high and dry. At its 
northern border stands the "Old South," on its 
tower is a clock presented by one of the natives of 
R., Dr. S. O. Richardson of Wakefield. Close be- 
side is a new school house recently built at a cost of 
about $12,000. ('.lancing toward the depot we 
descry •• Lyceum Hall" of large dimensions, which 
is used on Sabbath as a house of worship. .\ short 
distance above is the Bethesda church whose liber- 
ality is imquestioned when one sees the size of its 
contributions, for instance one taken some time 
since, amounting to $400. 

On the main street is a large brick building stand- 
ing on the site of the old tavern known as the Bank 
Building, where " Damon, Temple & Co." turn 
out large numbers of the most elegant neck ties 
possible, employing a large number of hands and 
contributing not a little to the prosperit\' of the 
town. Ever since we can remember Reading has 
been celebrated for its manufactories of furnitiu'e, 
and one in passing through could see its specimens 
on exhibition. But my friends call and see for 
voiu'self. T. n. w. 

Mav, 1S69. 




BEEBE'S COVE. LAKE QUANNAPOWITT 



Ijl^^Most Picturesque, Delightful, Healttiful 

Progressive Section of Wal<efield, 



and 



I HIS beautiful residential ret^ion occupies a large area (over one lunidred acres) of the sightly 

highlands, at the West End of the town. The Park has been laid out on a carefulh- prepared 

and attractive plan, and broad streets and a\'enues abound, and alreadv some thirty or more handsome 




ENTRANCE TO WAKEFIELD PARK. 



residences have been built, embracing some of the most attractive of modern architectural designs. 
The Park overlooks the town and the country to the east, south and west for many miles. The lots 
are mostly seventy-five feet front, and vary in depth from 125 to 150 feet. Reasonable restrictions 
aie ]:)ut uptju each lot to Insure the character of the Park 

For further particulars, address ' 

Charles Stedman Hanks, 

-53 State Street, Boston, Mass. 



or J. S. MERRILL, Wakefield Park, . . . 

... or EATON S REAL ESTATE AGENCY, Wakefield. 



2S0th Anniversary of Wakefield. 

May's iiri^lit flinvers are in the hollows; peal the 

bells of jubilee ; 
'Tis our old town's honored birthday, present gener- 
ations see. 
Ancient is she. crowned with glory, \\on in strug 

gles of the vears ; 
Centuries two and half another, hohl the story that 

endears 
This old town of our forefarhers to our grateful 

hearts todav ; 
And the mind reverts, instinctive, thro' the devious, 

winding way 
To that early time, when silent, here the lakes in 

sunshine smiled ; 
When these woods, and hills, and plain-lands were 

a lone, unbroken wild — 
Stirred but bv the Indian's paddle, marked but by 

the Indian trail. 
Or b\ forest fires near wigwams, red'ning when the 

sunsets pale. 

To those men " who, for their conscience, did their 

native land forego. 
And who sought a home and freedom here, two 

hundred years ago ;" 
To those heroic, early settlers — to their memory 

today 
The tribute of our gratitude for their wisdom we 

would pay. 
In their choice of a habitation — so beautiful a site ! 
To successive generations a pride and sure delight. 
For their integrity, their justice, — those pious men 

and rude, — 
Who bought this tr;ict once Nature's wild and 

lonely solitude 
Of its Indian possessors, in good faith, \\ ith terms 

of peace — 
Though around them tribes were hostile ; frequent 

forays did not cease ; 
So for years those pioneers sturdy — that industri- 
ous, valiant band, — 
As with ax or spade the\ labored, held a musket 

in one hand. 
Watch-houses, too, and g.u'risons, were kept, as the 

records show. 
For the safety of the settlers against their savage 

foe . 
Oft they joined in expeditions — a martial, fearless 

band, — 
.Xnd their leaders, as brave warriors, were famed 

throughout the land. 



Richard Walker, their first Captain ; their second, 

Tonathan Poole : 
Brave Jeremiah Swain, the Major, — with ability 

to rule. — 
Of all the troops Colonial — Chief-Commander — 

known afar ; 
Xoted Captain Thomas Bancroft in King Philip's 

Indian War ; 
Many others might be mentioned for their courage 

bold and sage ; 
Their brave deeds are all recorded on that earlv 

history's page. 

1639. 
In sixteen hundred nine and thirtx', then oiu' old 

town's life began ; — 
" The settlement of this \illage ;" for thus the 

record ran ; — 
From the General Court was granted this tract to 

the town of Lvnn — 
" Four miles square" and called '' Lynn \'illage :" 

and this land-grant thus took in 
The present site of Wakefield. Reading ; so each 

thriving, pleasant town 
Having both a Common Mother — side by side hath 

won renown. 

i644 = '88. 

In sixteen hundred four and forty, centuries two 

and half ago — 
A village church and seven houses began a town to 

grov\' — 
Corporate bv the name of Rc<i</iiii;,'' antl on the 

common green, 
.Stood the first meeting-house just where the " Rind- 

ing pond" was seen : 
This meeting-house built in '44 — in 'SS was too 

small, 
.So a second one was erected, quaint, with bell in 

turret tall. 
The small panes of its windows, tli'mond shaped, 

set in lead ; 
In front rose the broad, high pulpit, with the sound- 
ing board o'erhead. 
On one side, in the gallery, sat the singers and tith- 

ing-men. 
Who filled with awe the boys and girls who came 

within their ken ; 
In front of the ancient pulpit, in long, body seats 

on the fioor, 
Male worshippers sat ; while the female, on either 

side, near the door. 
And elsewhere were the dog-~Mhippcrs, who on 

all small dogs would frown ; 



D. H. Philbrook & Co. 



MANIIKAt rilKKlIS ol' 



Wiodow and Door Screens, 

Main Street, Wakefield, Mass. 
• • • 

FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. 

Kelley Brothers, 



JAMES DEVLIN, 

THIL-OR. 

OUR WORK ADVERTISES US ■ ■ • 

71 ALBION ST., WAKEFIELD. 

DR. C. H. MAGOON, 



JUNE, 
'68. 



DENTIST 



437 M..\I\ ST., W.XKKKI F.I.I) 



MAY, 

'94- 



Ki'siiU'iicc. ."i Avon .Stret't. 



l>l.: \i Ki;s IN 



E • FPlLy • BROCERIES. • ElC. 

No. 460 MAIN ST., WAKEFIELD, 



I)i) not Inr-i-pt flint \vi' Inmillr 

" Diamond Medal " the iicst of nil Flours. 

It ni.akes In-eail that iiIimhcs in all caMea. and no ni.itter what yon 
havi> UHpil in the i>a»t. try it anil you will use NONE OTHER. 



iLUCE KiND/VLL» 
Carnage Painting and 

Carriage Repairing, 

MAIN ST., WAKEFIELD JUNCTION. 



W. S. Greenoup-h. 
(>eo. E. Aiiams. 



Then. 1). Fostel'. 
Walter F. CushlnK. 



Greenough, Adams & Gushing, 

Maniit.iitinini;. .Ic.l.l.iiii: anil Uetail 

Stationers, 

168 DEVONSHIRE AND 21 FEDERAL STS., BOSTON. 

Foreign and Domestic Fruits. 

ALBERT A. CARLETON, 

Hot Coffee and Lunch, 
Confectionery, Cigars and Tobacco, 



CHAS. H. KEENE, 

.Slate at Depots, PostofHce, and J. C. W. Walton's, 
on Railroad .Street. • 

K,.italilislie.l in l.s.-,7. 

5. F. Littlef ield & Co. 

3team and Mot-Water Heaters, 

FIJRNACE5, STOVFiS, HARDWARE. TINWARE, Etc. 
SHEET METAL WORK and PlAJMBlNCi in all their branches. 

14 and i6 ALBION ST , WAKEFIELD. 

D. N. CHADSEV. 

. . Watchmaker, 

Jeweler and Optician, • • 

COLD AND SILVER WATCHES. 

FINE V\/ATCH REPAIRING. 

Eye-G(asses, SpectteCeSi) Et©.^ ajiways in stock. 



411(1 M.MN STIiKKT. 



\V.\KKFIKI,I>. 



Miss Ada E. Jones, 

1 have recently renmveil my Dressmaking liusiness trom Jt salem 
•Street to commodious parloi'w at 4:^7 Main street over C. o. -\nder 
son's .store, where I will be jdeased to serve my patrons. 

^4^3 7- 7VV?^IM STREET— 'tST 



CliEKTE^ST'S block:. 
Main Street, = = = = Wakefield. 

Kstalilishi-.l Isil.-i. 

GEO. L. T\ LER, 

,— TniTinHnl Artist, 

Wakefield, Mass. over I'ost oiiiee. 

John q. reid, 

DKAI.KK IN ( IIUK K 

MEATS, PROVISIONS AND CANNED GOODS. 

NO. 03 ALBIONS T., WAKEFIELD. 



Here and there were pnvs of the wealthy "/y spec- Tliat American arnis liad triumphed, and for tlie 

ial permit of tlie to7vii." return of peace, 

Tills meetintj-house served the people for eighty Had a civic celebration ; feast, oration ; toasted 

years — as told. then 

Distin<;nished men* were its preachers, free sjospel " Our free Laiui .' " and " T//e Brifislt Lion '" thcv 

]5roclaimers bold. had " hunted to its den." 

For an earlv settler's birth-place, the a man of In '76 when that '• Magna Charta " was siirned — a 

wealth, who came centurv past, — 

From /\e<7iiii!ii eifv in Enajland, our old town took Reading pledojed both " lives and fortunes to stantl 

its name. bv it to the last.'' 

'"'•^" From the close of the Revolution, the old town's 

In seventeen hundred and thirteen, a distinct parish, progress was slow ; 

alone. Changes caine, but none important, sa\e in popu- 

W'as set off as the " North Precinct" — then as lation to grow. 

^^ Nortli Reading" was known. 1812. 

'Two events in eighteen bundled and twelve — that 
eventful vear ! — 

In sev'nteen hundred nine and sixty, the part then War was declared with Enghuxl ; and from our 

called "Woodend " records appear 

Became " The West Parish of Reading."— our sis- That another era was noted in our municipal life; 

tcr town and friend, .. The Old Parish " became South Rea.tim;. when 

Who " like other maiden sisters still retains her partv spirit was rife • 

maiden name. Thus " like ancient Gaul divided into three parts" 

While the eldest of the Readings, like other daugb- ;,g yQj, ^ee • 

ters, the same— North, West, South,— three flourishing townships; 

A fair gift in anticipation — did change her name to join in otie to-dav. the three. 

take 

A fine new house from her donor* -all for his gen- ^^viftly sped the full years onward, and the old town 

crous sake ;" g'"^^' ^Pa'^'^ ' 

So a ReaJu,^ she was no longer, but lV,i/.'efieM \Vn P"P"l='ti"n nearly doubled, and the resources of the 

to view ; ■ P''^'-"'-< 

.\an,e changed, but heort as ever, to Mother and ^"^^ *" P"'"'''^ institutions, to its schools, and public 

Sisters true ; "^^'''-^ ** 

And to-dav. and on the morrow, the three sisters ^ "^"''^ f'''^'^ support was given in those past, still 

join to tell early days; 
Of their ancestors' deeds of valour, and lou.l their ^^ ^"^ Town Hall was first erected. t/>en a hand- 
praises swell. ■'^""''^ building thought, 

i___,>_^_ Ao7i' it holds a Main street corner, — mo\ed there 

. , , , ,, , , , , from its former spot. 

In seventeen hundred hvc and se\entv, that defen- 
sive struggle began 1829. 

The War of the Revolution, — 'gainst man's tvrann\- In eighteen lumilred nine and twenl\ , on the sum- 
to man ; mit of the hill. 

For American rights and lilierty, our forefathers Was established " The Academv ;" its inHnence 

p/eitgeii, tis true, bngers still 

" Their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor." and In the lives of those who stud\ 'neath its ancient, 

freelv /ff/^/ them. too. belfry dome, — 

To the Continental .\rm\ — more than four hundred .\rts, .Sciences, Thcologv — in this True Learning's 

men home. 

Old Reading sent ; minute-men lieside ; and diafts ' I'is no-w a cherished monument of the rich and 

made now and then. stoi'ied past ; 

When the war closed, our town fathers, thaid^ful Of our noble, brave, dead patriots — a memorial, too, 

for its surcease, at last. 



Established 1875.- 




BRITTON'S SHOE STORE, 

443 •MAIN ST.y--443 

WAKEFIELD. 

Goods from the best manufacturers at the low- 
est prices, quality considered. 

ReRT^IR SHOP 

. connected with store. Best stock and work 
guaranteed 



Richard Britton, 



J. W. Poland & Co., 

Dry * and * Fancy * Goods, 

WOOL and OIL CARPETS, 

^tvato ^^attingjS, pnptx l^angings, 

•^4-12 TVTt^in Street, 

WAKEFIELD, MASS. 

^•!^Wakefie(d Coal Co., 

Wood, Coal, Hay, Lime and Cement. 

nrdcr Boxes at Kelly Bros., Post Ollu-e. 
....and T^ceN Stiire. (Jreeiiwond. 

Office, Main, cor. Railroad St., Wakefield. 



Kmarlishicii 1s4h 



i. H. WALTON & SON, 

iManul;u'Iui'L!rs and DeaK-is in 
LADIES'. MISSES* AND CHILDREN'S 

Fine Sewed Slii)i)ei's;iu(l Oxfords. 

ALSO, WHITE FRENCH KID SLIPPERS. 



lyi.clN.TOSH BROTH ERS, 



MANUKACTUKEK.S OF 



Express, Job and Furniture Wagons, 

HEAVY CARTS BUILT TO ORDER. 
Repairing: of all l<ind.s a specialty. 

ALBION ST., OPP. CATHOLIC CHURCH, WAKEFIELD. 

CONTRACTOR AND BUILDKR. 

JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO 

RESIDENCE, - 22 LAFAVETTE ST., WAKEFIELD. 

SAMUEL K. HAMILTON, 

Counsellor - at - Law, 

Office : 
No. 31 Milk Street, 



Bowdoin Building, 
Rooms 27 1-2 & 28, 



Boston. 



Life Insurance. 



THROUGH 



INSURI 

R. O. BEEBE ^f^ A. E. WELLS, 

General Agents lor .... 

^- ---New York Life Insurance Co. 

131 Devonstiire St.. Boston. 

HARRY F- L/\WfjeNce. 

466 MAIN STREET, WAKEFIELD, 

Manufacturer of Reed and Rattan Goods in great variety, 

als.) \,.volIies ;iii(l Tuy^. 

Our Bicycle Business 

i^ tlu' Ifadinj; feature at i)re:*ent. 

.S. MERCHANT. 

[I0U5P Painter and Glazier, 

.Ml iirilers |iii>iii|itl.v ami salislactcirily alleMile.l Ui. 

447 MAIN ST., Wakefield. 



i844- 

In eighteen hundred fiuii- and tort\ , no rcur ci\' was 

there to fear, 
l?ut persistent /^(Zf^/z/Zert'orts crowned with \ ictor\ 

the vear. 
T/ie construitioii oj ti railroaii tlirougli "ur town 

was then begun ; 
I>\ woodetl hills, thro' fertile valleys, the " Boston 

and Maine " was run ; 
All business and institutions a new impetus took 

and start. 
Then with wealth and talent, new-comers in these 

good gifts took part. 

■ 861. 

Then the War of the Rebellion burst on us in '61, 
True it found us to the Union ; and brave father, 
husband, son. 

Went forth for oin' Coinitr\ 's honor, so to save our 

starrv Hag ; 
Helped to open the Mississippi ; witnessed, too, the 

flight of Bragg ; 
Were at Vicksburg, Gettyslnug, Port I Unison : at 

New Orleans and Mobile ; 
{between Washington and Richmond. — with true. 

patiiotic zeal, — 
Struggled long ; and from Atlanta marched to fame 

and to the sea ; 
And upon the Appomattox saw one Hag /<///, and 

one free .' 
t)f our brave men. mine than sixtv gave their lives ; 

O what a cost ! 
Their names engra\ed on hearts and tablets, never, 

nei'er can be lost. 

1894- 

Dear ohl town, and fiitine cif\\ with tin steaiK , 

sure increase. 
In resources, population, now thro' all the vears of 

peace, — 
With thy growth in manuf ictures. and th\- ]:)ublic 

buildings line. 
Churches, schools, halls; parks and railwa\s; li- 

brarv and press combine 



To ensure thy future glorv, to preserve th\- well- 
won fame. 

Thou shalt go onward, U]5ward, e\er friie to oM 
and to nav name !" 

L'nri\alled, too, is thy scenery : hills, vales and 
lakes still smile 

As when two centuries ago, their laughing waves 
beguile 

As when " brave, old (^uannapowitt, chief bv our 
lakelets blue 

Uttered his word of sage command : •• > Paddle \()ur 
own canoe I' " 

Beyond Lake Qiiamiapowitt— fair mirror of the 
skies ! 

Our sister town of Reading's home-roofs and stee- 
ples rise. 

Above them in grace and m;ijestv, " as in some old- 
world town 

Rise turrets medieval " — a massive shaft looks down 

" lis said, " like one at Niuemberg :" — green mead- 
ows intervene — 

This water-tower rises stately, and ■• dominates the 
scene,"' 

Spires, tower, woods and meadows, blue lake and 
winding shore, — 

In all our land no picture fairer than this liright 
gem galore. 

May's fair flowers are in the hollows ; peal the bells 
of juliilee : 

'Tis oiu' old town's honored birthday, present gener- 
ations see. 

Peal the bells, ay, louder, louder, for our dear- 
loved, ancient town ! 

Ne'er bedimmed will be its glorv, ne'er its Star of 
Hope go down. 

Sau.aii Eaton Ii.sley. 



i'he writer is iiiilel>ted for ail historical facts to the writinj^s 
and researches of the late Hon. Lilley Katon. 

* Messrs. Pierpont, Brown and Hobby. 
t lohn Poole. % Cyrus Wakeheld, 




Qeo. H. Taylor, 



^V4: 



i 



DEALER IN 

Hardware, Stoves, 
Furnaces, Paints, 
Oils, Tinware, 
Garden Tools, 
Wire Netting, 
Lawn Mowers, etc. 



PliTJMBlHG '^^o 



450 



BRANCHES. 



AGENT FOR THE 

SUNOL and 
CRAWFORD BICYCLES. 

o • • 

WAKEFIELD, MASS. 



Wakefield 



Water 
Company. 

OFFICE HOURS: 

. 8 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. 
continuously, and 

SATURDAY EVENINGS ^ 

from 6 to 9 p. m. 



Room 6, Wakefield's Block. 



-^ 



J. B, & A, D, Moran, 
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 



23 Court St., Boston. 



D. S. COLES. A. M.. iM. 1). 
Physician and Surgeon, 

No. 30 Chcstiuit Street. 

WAKEFIELD. 

OFFICE HOURS : 7 - S a. m. and 6 - 8 p. in. 

KLL-IE BESSEY, 




Boarding, Baiting and Livery Stable, 

Cor. Main and Albion Sts., (near Post-office), Wakefield. 



Slavery in Old Reading. 

Amon'g the valuable donations preserved by the 
Wakefield Historical Society is an original bill of 
sale of a negro slave called " Jack," sold bv James 
Kittredge of Tewksbury to Ebenezcr Taylor of 
Reading in 174S, when this town was a part of 
Reading. Following is a copv of the bill of sale 
vcrhatiiii ct literatim : 

BII.L OF SALE. 

Know all men by these presents that I Jeams 
Citredg of Tuksbury in ye county of middle in His 
majasts province of ve massts Bay in New Eng- 
land miller: for and in consideration of ye sum of 
fifty and seven pounds Ten shillings good Bills of 
ve Newtennor to me in Hand all Ready paid before 
ensealling Bv Ebenezer Tailor of Reading and 
county and province afore said Husbandman ve 
Recipt whare of I Do Acknolidg and my self there- 
with fully satisfied and contented Have Acquited 
Discharge and sold to ve said Ebenezer Tailer His 
Hairs Executors Administrators or Asigns one Cer- 
tin Negro man caled Jack aged about thirty years 
to have and t<i Hold and furthermore if ye said 
Jeams Citridg Do for myself my Hairs executors 
and asigns Covnant too and with ve said Ebenezer 
Tailer to warrant and Defend ye said Negro from 
all parson or parsons what soever ; and Have Good 
Right and full power to make this convaince, and 
that ve said Ebenezer Tailer shall Have and joye 
ye saime without any molistation Let or Hindrance 
forom an\- parson or parsons whatsoever in Testi 
mony Here oft": I ye said Jeams Citridg Have here 
too set mv Hand and Afixed my seail this sixth Day 
of June Anno Dom 174S :nid in ye Twenty and 
first year of his majaster Raign and Signed sealiled 
and Delivered 

in presence of us. 

James Kn tredg ye 3. 
James Kittredg. 
Susanna Kittredg. 



The Old Centre Schoohhouse. 

The history of the building now u.sed as a bak- 
ery by E. S. Hayes & Son, is not without interest. 
It was originally the school-house of the Center 
District, and stood on the northerly side of the 
common, nearly opposite John Hood's blacksmith 
shop. Subsequently, when what we call the oKl 
Town Hall was erected with ample school accom- 
modations in the room beneath (as was then 
thought) for ;ui indefinite period of time, the old 



school-house was sold to a number of individuals — 
about twenty, we think — belonging to the Congre- 
gational Society, who removed it to a spot near the 
Congregational Meeting House, and devoted it to 
the use of that society as a chapel, in which were 
held tlie stated church and evening meetings. The 
remodeling of the old meeting house, with the con- 
struction of an ample vestry beneath, no longer 
rendered the reteniion of the chapel necessary, and 
it was accordingly sold bv its owners at public auc- 
tion, Mr. John Day being the purchaser, by whom 
it was removed to its present position. Major John 
Wiley subsequently became the possessor of the 
building, by whom it was devoted to the purposes 
of a bakery, and who was followed in the same 
business by Albert Bond and Hosea L. Day. 



A Close Ouess. 



An anecdote from our Lynnfield borders, con- 
cerning the late Joshua Hawkes may not be out of 
place. The old gentleman had the reputation in 
town of being remarkably accurate in his judgment 
of the weight of pigs. There had been one day a 
large pig killed in his neighborhood and his pork- 
ship had been dressed and 'veiffhed, when Mr. 
Hawkes was seen approaching. Some of the 
young fellows said " Now let's play a joke on the 
old man ; we'll guess with him on the heft of the 
pig, and see how the ch;mipion guesser likes get- 
ting left for once." So when he came the test was 
proposed and gravely accepted, and all marked, 
the jokers fixing their figures as near the known 
weight as they dared to make it seem reasonable. 
A gambrel, or crooked stick was passed through 
the pig's legs, and tlie body was strung up to a 
beam and weighed with all due care. It was found 
that Mr. Hawkes' estimate was just one pound too 
much. This was a pretty close call, but one of the 
others had guessed within three-tpiarters of a pound, 
and another within half a pound, and so it ap- 
peared Mr. Hawkes was beaten, and the crowd 
shouted loud at the expense of the old man. But 
Mr. Hawkes was not overwhelmed. He straight- 
ened up and said severely, "Hold on, young men, 
hold on. I guessed on the pig, just as he lay, be- 
fore you jHit in the stick ; now pull out the gambrel 
and weigh that." Tiiat was too reasonable to be 
refused, and the gambrel was found to weigh /list a 
pound. The old man smiled grimly in trium]:)h, 
while the good-n:itured biters, fintling themselves 
bit, began to guess :igain on how much old cider it 
would take to fill wv) ;i border crowd. 



Chester W. Eaton, 

Counsellor at Law, 

Conveyancer, 

Examiner of Titles, 



376 Main St., Wakefield. 



John G. Morrill, 

ICE! ICE! ICE! 

Families, Hotels and Stores daily supplied with best qualitv 
of Ice, in any quantity and at lowest rates. Orders left at pust- 
office will receive prompt attention. Also wholesale and retail 
dealer in 

WOOD AND BUNDLE HAY. 

Post-ofifice P>ox 51 8. Residfiice, 17 Lafayette St., 

iAZT^ KO R I e L- D. 

iM' \iti isiiKo ls,s.;. 

LUCflS BKOTnERS, 

llKAI.K.liS IN 

Watches, Clocks, Jewelry 



STT^TIOISeRY 

KND RHINCY GOODS. 

WATCH, CLOCK AND JEWELRY REPAIRING 

AND PICTl'RF. FRAMIN(i. 

406 MAIN ST., WAKEFIELD, MASS. 



WAKEFIELD 

Co-oper(\tive ♦ B^nk. 

Organized, Jan. ■19, -1887. 

Be^an Business March 5, ■1887. 

Authorized Capital, $1,000,000. 



rilKslDKNT, Arli>n s. AtliiM-ton. \liK-l'HKs., Kniritu-* l>. Wcstiii 

I)IKE( TOKS. 

11' ill ollii-c 



K. K. KinerHon, Till v 

E. W. Katiiri, Tlh ' 

Geo. II. .Smith. Tth 

s II. Ilijjuins, Tth 

II. Giiwinn. Till 

.1 V. I':irkcr. Tth 

I£. .s. St. lilt, iMh 



.Tctliii I.ciiiniaii. tltli vear in iilllce. 
W li. DiiiiiL-l, .-iiir 

.J.iliii llirUcv, ."ilh 
Ileiirv Law, .'ith " 

A. lI.'Tliavcr, 4tli 
Oliver VVaitiin. :inl " 

Uiisii'i- Hinvaril, •-M 



.IiiHcph M. skullcy. -Jii year in otlic.e. 

ISKCKETAUV AN1> TUEASirRKK. Harry Foster. 

Aiiirnms. C. W. Pitman, W. S Mason, A. H. Hoanhnan. 

Attornev, Chester W. Eaton, Ksu 



Montlily Meeting first Saturday at Union Hall, Post- 
Office Building, .Albion Street, at 7.30 |5. ni. 

SALE OF MONEY AT 9 P. M. 



JHarvard [\nitting ([\\\\, 



Winship, Bait & Co., Prop's. 



■MANUFACTURERS OF- 



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#4 Jersey 

-^1^ Underwear. 



Wakefield, Mass. 



Memorial Day. 



South Reading's Solid Men in I860. 



A circle of flags that flutters 

In the shifting summer breeze ; 
Where the walls of the silent city 

Rise 'neath the dark pine trees. 

Within that sacred circle, 

Only the tall grass waves ; 
And only bmied memories 

Lie in the clustered graves ! 

Yet somewhere there are lying 

Forms that once wore the '• blue ;" 

Noble, and brave, and daring. 
Who died for me and for you. 

In depths of the shadowing forest. 

Or on sun-beaten plain, 
Or beneath the rivers' flowing. 

Are the nameless graves of our slain. 

We may not deck with flowers 

Those graves, afar, unknown ; 
We mav not rear above them 

The gleaming marble stone ! 

But //ez'er, while thou livest, 

O faithful Memorv, 
Can we forget our brothers 

Who died to ^rep us free ! 

And thus, for our fallen heroes 

Who rest in their nameless graves, 

The " Red, White and Blue" is floating 
Above where the tall grass waves! 

And every wavering shadow 

Falleth upon some home. 
Where hearts call in the silence 

For those who will never come ! 

If there be o/ie spot more sacred 

Than another to my heart, 
'Tis where those flags are waving 

On that circle set apart. 

Bv Georgie L. HeatJi. 



In 1776 a census of Massachusetts showed that 
Reading with but one single exception (Sudbury), 
was the largest town in respect to population in 
Middlesex Countv. In 178^ the First Parish (what 
is now Wakefleld), petitioned the General Court, 
to be set oft" as a separate and distinct town. This 
petition was not granted until 1S12. 



The following is a list of such persons and com- 
panies as pay a tax of $50 or more : 

Burrage Yale $886.02 

S. O. Richardson 520.50 

Cyrus Wakefleld 377. 82 

Lucius Beebe .^5.3-3S 

John White's heirs 263.26 

F. P. Hurd 254.22 

Thomas Emerson 146.18 

T. Emerson's Sons 135.90 

E. E. Wiley's Estate 137.05 

Jona. Nichols 2d 1 21.44 

Boston & Maine Foundry Co 11 7.00 

Thos. Emerson, Jr 95-63 

Edward Mansfield 95-37 

Josiah Norcross • • ■ •S9.52 

C. W. Green 88.73 

Samuel Gardner S5-,35 

John Brown, 2d 79-3- 

L. Eaton, Guardian 74-^3 

Jeremiah (xreen 66.76 

.Samuel Kingman ''5 --^5 

Stephen Sweetser 64.90 

Edward Upton 61 .50 

Geo. O. Carpenter 60.75 

Leonard Walton 58-92 

W. H. Willis 58.17 

Daniel Nichols 57-57 

J. W. Vinton 55-^2 

James F. Emerson 56-63 

Lilley Eaton 53-63 

Ann E. Wiley 5 1 -75 

Elias Boardman ^o-44 

Oliver Perkins ^'^■-^ 

The subject of a change in the town name of 
South Reading was first brought forward in De- 
cember. 1846. The following is the vote of the 
town on various names proposeil : 

Calais, .... 
Lakeville, . 
Vernon, 



W'inthrop, . . 


• 71 


.South Reading. . 


• 35 


Florence. . . . 


. 6 


Shawmut, . 


5 



Green\ 



A petition was forw arded to the Legislature ask- 
ing that the name of the town be changed from 
.South Reading to Winthrop. The Legislature, 
ho\\e\er. saw fit to refuse this request, and it was 
not until 1S6S that a change in the town name was 
made. 



HISTORY. 



af Indians and a tew hard\' settlers. To build even a v 
crude arms and tools of the time, recjuired much nerve Q 



HE interest and importance of the quarto-millennial celebration con- 
sists of the progress and improvement shown to have been made 
in matters of industry, education, society, etc. 

//I our particular line mark the wonJcrfj/l strides made I 
Two hundred and fifty years ago this territory' was a primeval forest, 
inhabited by lots of Indians and a few hard\' settlers. To build evi 
log cabin with the 
and great efibrt. 

Todav, onlv an occasional Indian appears, oflering medicine — arms are 
not necessary. Our society is cultured and progressive, and in our yard 
and in our sheds may be found everything in the line of building lumber, 
dried, finished and fitted, ready for immediate use, required to build all 
classes of houses or other buildings and to fence tliem in, which, with the 
present marvellous means of transportation, can be sold for cash or on 
good credit, at prices as low as same can be procured tor in an\ market, 

C. H. SPENCER. 




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BREin^ED BY- 



A. Q. Van Nostrand, 



BUNKER HILL BREWERIES, 



ESTT^BLISHED 1S21. 



C H Pf R L E STO iA£ rs . 



Robert Rantoul, Jr. 



Horace Q. Wad/in. 



The first meeting of the South Readhig Lyceum 
was held in Adam Wiley's Hall, which stood on 
tiie place now occupied 1)\' Mr. C. O. Anderson's 
store. 

Roheit Rantoul, ]r., was the first President, and 
he wrote the Constitution. Maving called the 
meeting to order, those present xoted to invite the 
President to deliver a speech or lecture. He ga\e 
them the choice of several subjects, among them 
"• Tlie Natural History of Man," and the " Protes- 
tant Reformation." The audience voted for the 
" Protestant Reformation." Mr. Rantoul spoke 
upon that subject for an hour and a half without a 
note, giving a great amount of information. 

He spoke of names and places and tiates with 
the most fluent readiness. Mr. Rantoul v\as a very 
remarkable man. In leading a book he would read 
three or tour lines at once, and if he read it aloud 
\ CHI could not tell that he did not read evei\ word 
as it was printed. In looking over the book one 
would find that he iiad given e\erv idea. 

Though he read with such remarkable lapiditv 
his memory retained ever\ thing tliat he read. 

He was afterward elected to Congress, went to 
Washington, and died there, and his death was a 
great National loss. iVmong the speeches made on 
the occasion of his ileath in Congress, Charles .Sum- 
ner said, " Fluent, rapid, incisive, few coukl stand 
before him." There is a good portrait of him in 
the Massachusetts Senate Chamber. 



Horace G. VVadlin, who is to deliver the histori- 
cal oration on Ma}- 28, is successor to Colonel Car- 
roll D. Wright as chief of the bureau of labor sta- 
tistics of Massachusetts, is a native of Wakefield, 
where he was born in 1851. At the age of four 
years his parents moved to Reading proper, where 
young Wadlin attended the public schools. When 
a young man he entered the office of Lord & Fuller 
of Salem, where he learned the architect's profes- 
sion, and in 1S74 he established himself in this busi- 
ness in Boston. For many years he has taken an 
active interest in the aflairs of the town of Reading, 
and has been a member of the school board, and 
has served as chairman of the board, also as treas- 
urer of the trustees of the public library and vice 
president of the Co-operative Bank. He has taken 
an active interest in politics, and has served four 
years as representative in the General Court. Dur- 
ing several terms he has been chaiiman of the 
committees on education, woman sufl'rage and rail- 
roads. Mr. VVadlin is thoroughh- conversant with 
the system and methods of the bureau of labor. 
He has also performed consideralile literary work 
in this connection, and has delivered several lectures 
on the subject. He was joint author with Colonel 
Wright in preparing the memorial history of Bos- 
ton's industries during the past 100 years, and wrote 
the historical sketches of Reatling antl North Read- 
ing in the History of Middlesex Coimtv recently 
issued. 




WAKEPIELD UPPER DEPOT— BUILT 1S90. 



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Have your houses plumbed with 

LEAD LINED - IRON - PIPE, 



TU^T^ISUFT^CTURED BY 



New England Water Pipe Co. 

FACTORY AT WAKEFIELD, MASS. 
SETH E. BENSON, President. QEO. W. HARRINGTON, Treasurer. 

THE i/\£HKEFIEI_D 

^eal Estate t^" ^u\\di\)(^ Assoeiatiop. 



Organized 1869 Incorporated 1871. 

HHS FOR ITS OBJECT THE 

Pitrchasing, Selling, Leasing and Improving of Real Estate. 

RRESENT OFFICERS: 

CvRUS G. Beebe, President. E. M. Southworth, Treasiivei . 

Directors: — Cyrus G. Beebe, Jas. F. Emerson, John G. Aborn, Junius Beebe and E. M. Soutinvorth. 

^ FiinriKi^ Lots for Sale, 

and money advanced to build thereon, if desired. Plans, specifications and estimates for buildinjj pur- 
poses, if requested. Terms easy, with prices representing actual yalucs. 

Office, 474 Main Street, Wakefield's Block, Room 3, up one flight of stairs, 

AS A LOCAL NEWSPAPER IT IS STEADILY GAINING FAVOR. 

WAKEFIELD RECORD COHP/INT, 

PVJBLISHeRS. 

Office, Room 4, Wakefield's Block. i i f i C. E. DUNSHEE, Manager. 



BKAnm liow ^ CO., 

steam Engineers and Contractors. 

STEAM AND HOT WATER 

WARMING AND VENTILATING APPARATUS, 

STEAM TRAPS, VALVES, HEATERS, 

STEAM FITTERS' TOOLS AND SUPPLIES. 

<^Plan5 and Specifications Parni5t)ed. 

HAYMARKET SQUARE, BOSTON. 

18S6. 1894- 

Middlesex Mutual 

FIREjiNSURpCL'CO, 

OF CONCORD, 7VYKSS. 



Casl) Assets, $54.9,9^7-06. Liabilities, U57M^-07. 

Permanent Fund, $327,532.84. 

INSURES IN MASSACHUSETTS ONLY. 



GEORGE HEYWOOD, President. RICHARD F. BARRETT, Secy and Treas. 

W^ILLIAM BARRETT, Assistant Secretary. 



-^^-^ *^DI RECTORS.- -^- 

George Heywood, Coiicord. Duni.Ev Foster, Billeiica. Fr.wcis Murdoch, Newton. 

John S. Keves, Conconl. John S. Sawyer, Cambridge. Rich'd F. Barrett, Concovd. 

CnAKi.Es F. Stone, W'idthani. Fued C. Church, Lowell. Lorenzo Eaton, Concord. 



CHAS. F. HART5H0RNE, Agent for this Old and Reliable Company. 

OFFICE— TOWN HALL, WAKEFIELD. 



% Ptano-forte AVanafactarincj. 



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A Wakefield Industry, the product of which 
goes to all parts of the United States. 



HENRY F, MILLER i 



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<^.A Piano Noted for (ireat Darabilitv;. 

iiiRTY years a favorite witii music lovers, and at the present time bv manv pronounced 
superior to all others. All tuners and repairers who have had' anv experience with 
this piano during the past thirty years, recognize and vouch for its great durability. This 
long period of time has fully tested and established for the Miller piano of todav this invalu- 
able reputatif)n for extraordinarj' durability. 

For twenty-three years, during almost every school term, one or more ha\e been pur- 
chased for its public schools by the city of Boston, so emphasizing this record for great du- 
rability as well as a continued popularity. The Miller piano possesses superior musical 
(pudities and great power, and is especially noted for ils sixrct and lasti7tg singing tone. 
A pianist will find the action superior in all the points which enable one to iiroduce the ex- 
tremes of musical sentiment, together with tone coloring and orchestral effects. 

The cases, in various woods, are original and correct in design, and siiow great artis- 
tic beauty ; any expert mechanic will vouch for tlie superior stock and workmansldp, and 
any designer or architect will tell you at a glance that these cases take the higliest rank 
from an art standiioint. 

--=— THE HENRY F. MILLER 

has a great reputation as a concert piano, and is frequently used in concerts with grand or 
chestra by our most distinguisiied pianists. In musical Boston during the ]iast concert sea- 
son, 1893-4, tiie Miller has been played before audiences which number more than 100,000 
people all told, assuring extraordinary popularity and unequivocal success. 
Send for Catalogue. Free to any address. 



I H^nry p. ]V[iIler & Sons Piano Co. 



Manufactory, Wakefield, Mass. . t^ 

Warerooms, 156 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. 



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CITIZEN AND BANNBK J-RKSS, WAKEFIELD, MAS 



